UPDATE: No others have shown back up so I can assume they're all gone. I will be taking my remaining hen to a friend's house who owns many chickens so she won't be alone and well loved. It'll give me some time to build my dream coop and setup more predator protections. I think I'm not going to...
I agree. I wish I had thought about doing that before leaving. We usually never go anywhere for the 4th. This was the first time and of course, I didn't think about doing it. It sucks to think I could have done something so simple that would have prevented a lot of heartache. Sorry for your loss...
I disconnected it but there's something definitely wrong when I was testing it. We've replaced a gear before and might need to do it again because it's not going all the way up now.
I originally was going to bring her in but she was living her best life and literally behaving as if nothing happened. Usually, if there was an attack, all my birds would huddle and I'd have to go find them under various landscaping but she was 100% normal. She was unscathed of any injury when I...
I'm definitely going to try and see. Also I'm going to ask the neighbors next to me if they see anything as well. We live in a very open pasture except for the back portion, which is about 3-400ft away from the house. That part is densely wooded with a creek. Very hard to get back in there...
I've been using BYC for years and i finally created an account because I had something so insane happen that im still in shock over. We had a flock on 6 hens and 1 very large brahma rooster. We have an auto door. We left to see 4th of July fireworks at a friend's house, which is usually fine...
Hi, I'm Marie and I'm "new". I've been using BYC for years but never created an account until now. I've been a chicken owner for over 5 years. My favorite chickens are brahmas and americaunas. We keep a small flock at any given time of no more than 20 birds just for eggs for our family and...