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I'm certainly no expert, but i really don't think it's wry neck. He just kinda holds his head to one side causing the neck to bulge to the left. He is a good young cockrel and I don't want to loose him.

I have a 4 to 5 month old cockrel that has appeared to be just fine up until a couple of days ago. His neck is, for lack of a better description, sort of an "S" configuration now and he is lethargic. He holds his head up but his neck seems to be bulging to the left side. I have no idea what...

Basically all I set out are live traps. I've also set one "weasel box" (google weasel box for plans). I did catch a cat in one of my live traps within 50 ft of my chickens today. I'm not familiar with their method of operation when killing chickens or guineas. Could a cat have gotten my...

An owl was my first suspect. I can trap raccoons or weasels or just about most anything else, but how do i deal with an owl? I realize I can keep everything penned at night, but I was hoping to let some of my guineas & chickens free range and roost in trees. Any suggestions how to eliminate...

Apparently the weasel (haven't thought about one of those) is either getting the bird off the roost or flushing it off the roost while it is still dark. Sometimes the only evidence is a few feathers and sometimes part of the carcass and other times there is no evidence at all, just a missing bird.

I had two guineas on two separate nights get killed. The first one, all we found were just a few feathers and the second, part of the body with lots of feathers. I checked these on their roost in a tree after dark and again before daylight in the morning. When they have been killed they were...