Who Done It ??

tarajane · Feb 22, 2015

Are there any OCD list makers out there that would like to make a list of predators and how you found the poor fowl ? Like, head off, nothing gone....what was that? chicken gone but No feathers left....what was that, etc. etc. I want a list so I can go to it when I get my farm and know what I am up against. Thank you..

ChickenCanoe · Feb 22, 2015

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/18670/poultry-predator-identification

It may be time for a new list/chart though.

Coralietg · Feb 22, 2015

ChickenCanoe said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/18670/poultry-predator-identification

It may be time for a new list/chart though.

I think a little refining is needed too.

My experience is limited, but 4 known for sure.

Dogs- mass death, little visible body damage, little blood on beak.

Feral cat- missing juvenile chicks.

Hawk- head/brains eaten, chest feathers plucked and muscle eaten, solitary puff of feathers around body.

Rat snake- dead young chicks that looked pretty uninjured other than dead/, "wet" looking in hindsight. Discovered the snake the next night in the brooder, had ingested one chick and couldn't get back out.

My other case was unsolved. I stupidly forgot to shut the coop door. All 7 chickens were killed. 2 or 3 bodies were found headless, the rest were missing. There were areas with plucked feather bursts, some as far as 500ft away.

It's like Predator CSI sometimes.

tarajane · Feb 22, 2015

Thanks a bunch, I will start making my list....

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