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    identify what killed my chicken

    Have you considered a raccoon? I think they like to eat the crop.
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    One Bad Apple

    I agree with mr.birdalcoholic!
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    Advice/opinion please? WARNING MAY UPSET SOME

    Sorry aboout your loss. I caught a hawk in the act, but it couldn't carry off my hen, and we had an unknown predator kill and pile up several youngsters. The hen (I wasn't attached to her) was disposed of in a bag and into the trash. The youngsters are still in my deep freeze. I plan to give...
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    Daytime predators?

    I live in Maryland and we've had a couple dozen chickens go missing (and their eggs) over the past year. It always happens during the afternoon. We've also had several fox sightings- all during the day. A neighbor/ farmer seems to think that the foxes have adapted to day-time hunting and hiding...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Are Ameraucanas and Auracanas the same breed?
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    Lost my first birds

    Quote: I agree, nip it in the bud
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    Lost my first birds

    so sorry about your chicks. I had the same experience, mine disappeared in as such a sudden manner. i've been watching the fence line ever since. Keep vigelent (sp?) maybe buy a gun, just sayin' .....
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    I got these from my uncle and I need positive reinforcement

    the dark one looks like a copper moran hen, but not certain. might be another avenue to try,
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    HELP! a movealbe lump in the neck=throat??

    might be an impacted crop. give him a day and plenty of water. i had a similar instance with a young roo, but some h2o and veggies seemed to have done the trick
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    relocated a coyote

    one less coyote, thanks
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    Coyote just took a chicken 10 feet from our house in mid afternnon

    I recently had 8 hens, 1 rooster, and a dozen eggs taken in about a 2 hour time span on a beautiful spring afternoon.... with only a few feathers left behind. (no blood, body parts or broken shells) After asking fellow BYC followers what predator does this, we came up with either a coyote, fox...
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    Smith&Wesson 3 Possums 0 *GRAPHIC PIX*

    Kudos! I'm loading the 410 for our nightly visitor!
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    3 more got killed! NEVERMIND! 1 **REVIVED**! GRAPHIC pics on pg 2!

    We have five barn cats and none of them have bothered our chickens, even when they were peeps. If there are any feral cats you can either trap them and take them to Feral Fix (they have a website) to be released, or a 410 will take care of the problem. I am not a hunter nor have I ever killed...
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    Introducing myself

    We are a first time chicken family. We got our first flock of 21 chicks on my birthday last June and are having a great time with them. It has been an interesting first year raising chicks, watching them grow and change and watching our kids REALLY get into the routine. I love seeing the kids...
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    dead chickens walking **UPDATE (graphic)**

    I feel your hesitation. I had my first experience with processing this fall. My advice is to take the time to make sure everything you need is in place before starting- this also gives you more time for procrastinating. As for the killing my husband wielded the axe, but I had to bring the birds...
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