I too am sorry for your loss. Believe I know how you feel. But I'm glad ya got a little bit of vengeance and also prevented any future problems with this particular menace. I wish ya luck rebuilding your flock.
Thanks everybody for your help I do think now that I have Disposed of most if not all possible culprits. I'm just going to wait a couple more days before I let my birds free range again. This is a starter Flock for me. I have eggs In the incubator. But when you have a few birds as I do every...
Thank ya I am set up to dispose of the possum tonight I will probably dispose of the cat as well. It is Feral and has been killing my birds and squirrel for at least 2 years. It is very smart and usually stays far from human sight. Thanks again and I will keep ya posted.
Well last night I almost caught a possum and this morning I saw the cat stalking around where my chicken was found dead. So I'm thinking it's one of the two and I will keep trying to catch them let me know what you guys think.
Here she is :-( she was my best layer. I left her out today and whatever it was came back and had seconds. I got 2 live traps today and I'm going to attempt to catch the culprit tonight.
Well yesterday I had my first death. The chicken was killed during the day between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM. I see no chew marks anywhere except on the rear end of the bird. Whatever was pretty much just ate the rear end and some of the internal organs. Along with an egg That my hen had not...