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    Help! Whole flock killed!

    Yes I think we finally figured out what got them. Our neighbor runs rabbit dogs and we've caught him around our pen 2 times since. Today I lured him over and called his owner. Hopefully we can work something out so this doesn't happen again in the future. I have also started incubating some of...
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    Help! Whole flock killed!

    We live in South Carolina. 5 of the 6 of my chickens were killed. One is completely missing. Two had their back half of their bodies eaten right next to out porch steps, but no other injurys. The other two were about 10 feet from the coop. The two closest to the coop had their butts started to...
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    Help! Whole flock killed!

    Thank you for all your advice. I'm currently trying to talk the hubby into Great Pyrenees my neighbor just had puppies. I am hoping to get more chicks soon, so I will have to look into those. We had mostly Easter eggers and barred rocks.
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    Help! Whole flock killed!

    We have the coop right up next to the house, probably about 40 yards. The whole property is about 150 acres total. So we do have foxes and coyotes that pass through, but usually our dog keeps them at bay. She is more of a house dog though, so she was inside at the time of the attack.
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    Help! Whole flock killed!

    We have a chicken tractor for our chickens that we move every few weeks. Usually they are free ranged with the guineas from 1-5pm ish then I put them up every night. We came home from the store at 4pm and all of my chickens except 1 are dead. The guineas are fine as well. All of them were eaten...
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