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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    Been a while now, still haven't seen the coyotes again. Borrowed a friends electric netting so the chickens have been out for a couple weeks now. Snares haven't produced anything either.
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    Already tried calling, that hasn't worked. Last night they got out for a little bit and no coyotes again. They all stuck together which made things easier.
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    Been out with chickens in large dog crates and with decoys the past few days. Haven't seen anything. I ordered some snares, that will hopefully work
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    Well, I haven't seen coyotes since we lost the two birds while we were right their. I'm working on clearing some brush, making a 2D decoy flock and putting in a tree stand. I have some red security lighting going up today in hopes to see them at night better. I've cleared a lot of brush and...
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    I have a good dog, a retriever thats trained well but he's almost 7 and the coyote hit when he was out there, just not where he was at.
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    The amount of work that I'd have to do for what I would consider a secure run... it ain't going to happen with 5 month old twins.
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    Lost two birds today, saw it was a coyote. The only chance I had to get him he was between me and the neighbors house... and then he or his partner came back. First one that was picked off was a young turkey, not a lot of meat, second was a full grown hen. We were right there and it didn't phase...
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    It's raining :/
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    The chickens free range, so yes. Although the trail does not lead directly to a neighbor... I don't just believe what my neighbor or my son tells me but it does not sound like its a neighbors dog... I would have expected a neighbors dog to kill all the birds instead of taking one at a time...
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    So two chickens in the past few days...

    Well we've lost two chickens in the past few days as the tread title says, First one was our rooster. Our three and a half year old saw the rooster being chased by a "big black dog". I really hope its not somebodies dog... or a bear. My money is on a dark colored coyote or a wild dog. In which...
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    New Hampshire Red thread!!!!!!!!!

    We have 2 chicks that our Bourbon red hen hatched, they're going on 4 weeks now.
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    What is killing my hens? ***WARNING*** GRAPHIC IMAGE

    Interesting, I found the pluck site for my hen Rouen duck right by a pond they frequent. A mess of feathers, a little bit of digestive tract and an intact egg. No carcass. I figured bird of prey. We'd been out of town and the neighbor kid was letting opening and closing the coop for them Sent...
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    Another one of the Wheezing/Moaning Sneezing chicken threads

    All the hens are doing well still Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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    Rouen Duck thread

    We lost our first bird, a Hen Rouen. She layed nice blue eggs. Found a pluck site right next to the neighbors pond they frequent. Close to all the feathers, some of the guts and an egg, not a single bone. Seems most likely a bird of prey. Don't know any other animal that would leave the egg...
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    Another one of the Wheezing/Moaning Sneezing chicken threads

    Well she's not moaning anymore, not doing anything else weird, I jokingly told my wife that "well she's not breathing either so of course that's why" Sorry you all have to deal with my sense of humor and over the years it hasn't got any better. She's purring softly this morning. seems ready to...
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