Beni
In the Brooder
- Apr 17, 2017
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We got home this evening to find one of our 13 free range chickens, a production red hen, missing except for a pile of red feathers, a pile of feathers around a dead, buff orpington rooster and a feather trail leading to a still alive but in-shock B.O. hen. The hen we found alive had a wound around the ear area and two puncture wounds on her upper back. The rooster was also bleeding from the ear area but was completely uneaten. We had a coyote problem about a year ago but they would snatch one at a time and then run off into the woods. We've never had more than one bird attacked at a time and are at a loss for what the predator could be. I know there are bobcats in the neighboring woods but they haven't ventured into the pastures to this point. Does anyone have thoughts on what it could be?!?!