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    Possum in my chicken coop

    Shoot it?
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    Do owls hunt during the day?

    Owls hunt primarily at night.
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    What is taking my chickens?

    If your chickens aren't locked up at night they will be killed by the following creatures: Owls, Foxes, Coyotes, Raccoons, and Opossums (small birds only). Given what you've said, my money is on an Owl.
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    STOATS POSSUMS ,, we don't have fox's here

    This summer I was raising 24 chicks and had them out of the incubator into their little chicken coop.. Completely sealed with a draw bridge and door.. problem is, we didn't lock it up that night.. I come out to find a HUGE opossum starling at me, covered in blood, 2 babies in front of him dead...
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    Hawks like white chickens

    I have raised 40 chickens for the better portion of 3 years and one thing I've noticed is that hawks attack and kill any white birds first.. Not just full white, but any bird that has white in their feathers (think barred rock). Has anyone else noticed this trend? I haven't lost a single RIR in...
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    Hawks and Full grown Chickens?

    Yes, they will eat full grown chickens right there on the spot. Younger ones will be carried away and eaten away from the Rooster, but if they are big, the Hawk will swoop in, kill it by ripping the head off and then will eat as much as it can before the Rooster is too much of a...
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    Hawk attack and roosters

    We have 29 hens, all various varieties and one rooster, Thomas. This weekend was especially tough on the kids because we had two hawk attacks that the kids witnessed. The first one we were just coming out of the house when we heard the commotion.. I ran to the noise and found a hawk on top of...
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    Do possums eat the chickens or the eggs or both?

    One night we forget to lock up our small coop used for raising birds and one got in.. He killed one, we found 5, and 2 are on the loose. I shot him and will be looking to trap and shoot the rest. What a terrible night.
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