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    Missing Chicks

    Thank you for this tip, we've just discovered several large holes in the wire, about 4 feet off the ground. Not sure what's going on, but we hadn't realized before that predators could chew through the wire! We feel like we're up against a wall.
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    Baby Bunny Questions

    Thank you. We'll try again in a couple weeks and hopefully have better results.
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    Baby Bunny Questions

    Yes, we checked several times yesterday and last night and the next was empty. Thank you, SternRose. I wish I had known that and was expecting it . . . I guess we'll just have to try again. :(
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    Baby Bunny Questions

    We are new to rabbits, and our first litter was born overnight. When we checked on them early this morning they were all dead. Does this happen often? I don't know why they died. Do they need an extra heat source? They were in the nest, buried in the fur, but it seems strange that they...
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    Missing Chicks

    How awful! I think it must have been rats, though, since we have not lost any since laying the poison. Thank you everyone.
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    Missing Chicks

    Thank you for your replies & welcome. Our chicks are almost as large as some of our full-grown hens, probably about 3-4 lbs. although I haven't weighed them. There is an opening at the top, and I am wondering if rats could climb over chicken wire? It's about 6 feet high, hard to imagine a rat...
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    Missing Chicks

    We are new to chickens this year, and have about 50 chicks. The coop is very secure, so that I am sure no predator larger than a rat or a snake could get in or out during the day, and nothing at all at night, but several of our chicks have gone missing, including some that are over 6 weeks old...
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