HeathenHavenHomestead
Crowing
We have not had such a loss in a year like we have had in the last month.
It all started when our LSD had to be inside for a week due to an open wound. We lost 5 in one day. And now steady we’re losing 1-2 a day.
Whatever it is has taken our beloved, Lady Belle, who had been with us since we started our chicken journey 4 years ago.
Since we have had chickens we’ve lost maybe 1 a year. 2 or 3 at most over our 4 years and it’s now baffling us.
We knew the 1st was a coyote and then I saw a hawk attack both times feathers everywhere.
These recent attacks have left 0 feathers. I cannot find a single trace of the chickens being attacked. On the day we lost 5 I saw either a coyote or fox in my backyard and shot at it to scare it away, We’re still losing chickens and I haven’t seen anything not even a hawk roaming around. I’m almost thinking aliens are taking them because of the lack of information I can gather.
We have a livestock guardian that sits outside all day and would chase off anything with 4 legs. I’ve seen him bark and chase after hawks once or twice but he hasn’t been alerting on anything. Even the roosters haven’t been alerting on anything. Chickens are just missing at lock up.
It’s not neighbors as ours are very far away and the chickens don’t roam near them. We live in a heavily wooded area and after the initial attack cleared out a lot of brush to prevent the fox/coyotes from sneaking right up to our back door. I’m just at a loss to what’s happening does anyone have any idea what we can do? We cannot afford fencing and always knew the chickens would become prey one day but never to these numbers especially since we’ve never had such large attacks or issues before. Especially since I’ve seen 0 sign of any type of predator I’m not sure what we’re up against to even prevent further attacks.
It all started when our LSD had to be inside for a week due to an open wound. We lost 5 in one day. And now steady we’re losing 1-2 a day.
Whatever it is has taken our beloved, Lady Belle, who had been with us since we started our chicken journey 4 years ago.
Since we have had chickens we’ve lost maybe 1 a year. 2 or 3 at most over our 4 years and it’s now baffling us.
We knew the 1st was a coyote and then I saw a hawk attack both times feathers everywhere.
These recent attacks have left 0 feathers. I cannot find a single trace of the chickens being attacked. On the day we lost 5 I saw either a coyote or fox in my backyard and shot at it to scare it away, We’re still losing chickens and I haven’t seen anything not even a hawk roaming around. I’m almost thinking aliens are taking them because of the lack of information I can gather.
We have a livestock guardian that sits outside all day and would chase off anything with 4 legs. I’ve seen him bark and chase after hawks once or twice but he hasn’t been alerting on anything. Even the roosters haven’t been alerting on anything. Chickens are just missing at lock up.
It’s not neighbors as ours are very far away and the chickens don’t roam near them. We live in a heavily wooded area and after the initial attack cleared out a lot of brush to prevent the fox/coyotes from sneaking right up to our back door. I’m just at a loss to what’s happening does anyone have any idea what we can do? We cannot afford fencing and always knew the chickens would become prey one day but never to these numbers especially since we’ve never had such large attacks or issues before. Especially since I’ve seen 0 sign of any type of predator I’m not sure what we’re up against to even prevent further attacks.