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    Predator picking off chickens One by One

    I can try to upload pictures, but the way my coop is set up is a covering for the nesting boxes and two typical standing coops inside movable cyclone fencing ( 7 or 8 feet tall) with some chicken wire lining the inside and around one of the coops for the baby chicks.
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    Predator picking off chickens One by One

    Thank you for the information! I will keep this in mind as I fix up my coop. But the main open area of our coop isn't just chicken wire. It's cyclone fencing that can be moved ( 7 or 8 feet tall) and then some chicken wire lining the inside and around the 2nd coop for the chicks in the spring...
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    Predator picking off chickens One by One

    I'm not getting more and more chickens as they disappear to make up for the loss. We lost a few chickens a few years back, but nothing extreme, and then there wasn't a problem until now. Thank you for the information!
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    Predator picking off chickens One by One

    Okay, so we have been having chickens go missing left and right, with obvious signs that they were killed ( feathers, ripped off wings, even the chicken partially eaten and left). I know why, the chickens free range, so the door to their coop is pretty much always open ( any broods of chicks are...
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    About 9 years. You?

    About 9 years. You?
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    7, almost 8 years as well.

    7, almost 8 years as well.
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    That's wonderful

    That's wonderful
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    Thank you, I appreciate it :) How long have you had horses?

    Thank you, I appreciate it :) How long have you had horses?
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    Adorable! Sorry for the late response, having a rough few days.

    Adorable! Sorry for the late response, having a rough few days.
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    A Paso Fino. Do you have horses?

    A Paso Fino. Do you have horses?
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    Thank you. Yes, he is my 20 year old gelding. Sweet as a dog, but like a loaded spring under saddle.

    Thank you. Yes, he is my 20 year old gelding. Sweet as a dog, but like a loaded spring under saddle.
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    Fluid filled chick?

    Thank you, and it'll be okay. This stuff happens, it's just sad when it does. :(
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    Fluid filled chick?

    Thank you all for the information, I tested out the area with a syringe needle and it was a ruptured air sac. We got some of the air, but at this moment, he decided he had fought hard enough. He died a few seconds after some of the air was released.
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    Fluid filled chick?

    Is there any way to know if it's fluid or air? His skin is easily moved around and sometimes I'll hear like a tiny popping sound, like a crackling. I wasn't sure if that was from his throat or his actually body. Would heart failure show up only once he's a month old?
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    Fluid filled chick?

    Panic Update: Okay, I don't know what to do. He was fine about 10 last night, cuddled with his siblings, but now his contorting himself ( flailing his head behind his wings, curling his head into his chest), which is an obvious sign of near death. I spent about twenty minutes getting him warmed...
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