- Apr 14, 2014
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I am a new chicken owner. I boughts 15 chicks at our tractor supply. Since i am new, i selected 4 varieties. I had moved them from the brooder to the coop about two weeks ago. The chicks were about eight weeks old.
Last Tuesday I opened the coop door to allow them to go outside into the small temporary run until I could build a permanent run.
The weather was very windy, so I was concerned about them, but they were perfectly healthy. When i returned from work all but two were gone! They were inside the coop, just sitting. I closed the coop and assumed I had allowed the others to escape. The following day I checked and the two that were in the coop were dead! My son looked under the coop and all but oneof the rest were dead under the coop!
We also lost two kittens about 1 month ago without warning and havn't seen them since.
We were told that there is a family of raccoons in a tree next door. My Mother in Law said it was a cat or dog since raccoons wouldn't attack the chicks in the daytime.
Any idea what could have happened to the chicks?
I have since made a new coop and will have a more secure run, but am sad and curious.
P.S. My son brought the lone survivor into his room and put her into our dog kennel until the new coop was built. He is very attached to this chick so I can't allow it to die!
Last Tuesday I opened the coop door to allow them to go outside into the small temporary run until I could build a permanent run.
The weather was very windy, so I was concerned about them, but they were perfectly healthy. When i returned from work all but two were gone! They were inside the coop, just sitting. I closed the coop and assumed I had allowed the others to escape. The following day I checked and the two that were in the coop were dead! My son looked under the coop and all but oneof the rest were dead under the coop!
We also lost two kittens about 1 month ago without warning and havn't seen them since.
We were told that there is a family of raccoons in a tree next door. My Mother in Law said it was a cat or dog since raccoons wouldn't attack the chicks in the daytime.
Any idea what could have happened to the chicks?
I have since made a new coop and will have a more secure run, but am sad and curious.
P.S. My son brought the lone survivor into his room and put her into our dog kennel until the new coop was built. He is very attached to this chick so I can't allow it to die!