Recent content by Daisy_B

No tracks, no idea where the predator came from or went, just the piles of feathers. There are a few owl species in Australia (although I don't think around where I live - I assume they'd have to be a reasonable size to silently carry off four chickens at once). Would a fox eat all four in one...

Yes, we're in Melbourne. A beautiful spring day (if it weren't for the slaughter in the backyard )

Thanks for the sympathy (the kids were devastated as they raised these ones from eggs, sigh). I don't think we have raccoons in Australia. And I was surprised that none of the feathers were mangled at all.

Last night we lost all of our chooks (4 girls) We awoke to find four huge piles of feathers outside their coop - no bodies, no blood, just feathers. I've been reading through the forum posts and it sounds that this was most likely a fox? I found the information a little confusing though - I...