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    identify what killed my chicken

    Quote: While I don't want believe that one of our dogs did this...it's still possible. That little dog, while only 17lbs, is a Jack Russell. She is very capable of killing a chicken. While her name is Mazie, we joke by calling her White Death. She didn't come by that by accident, she loves to...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    update on 12-28-2010 could not find my little dog when calling them in the other night. So I had to go find her this is what I found... She was not a happy camper. So now I'm back to thinking she me be the killer after all. On a lighter note the dog pictured was stealing eggs, no longer. Pet...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    Update! At about 2:30am dogs wanted to go out, to pee. While out they tree'd a opossum. Third one in as many weeks. Did it kill black chicken? We will never know!
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    identify what killed my chicken

    Well my westward next door neighbor has several cats that do stay outside. My southerly neighbor is feeding two foxes that have recently showed up. My dog killed two opossums in our front yard, a week ago, which faces north and has killed several over the years in the back yard. Plus we have the...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    From what I recall the tail was in good condition. House cat is on my list of suspects!
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    identify what killed my chicken

    Yeah I thank you for the link. I did not think we had them, but I know different now. Being educated is very impotant. However I still do not think it was a weasel, but I could be wrong.
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    identify what killed my chicken

    Well I took your link and called my local conservation dept and spoke to a wildlife biologist. He did confirm that we do have weasels but they are very few and far between in this area. He said in his 16 yrs of state service he had never seen one and only knew of two that had been caught or...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    Quote: Thanks for the link.
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    identify what killed my chicken

    I'm in central Alabama. I do not think we have weasels here. I have been an outdoor person my entire life, almost 40 yrs, and have never seen nor heard of weasels here. I walked the yard today looking for sign and found a opossum foot print in a sandy area. I also saw some droppings, that I...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    I can not say what killed this chicken and will never be able to 100% say what did, as there was no human eye witness. I'm pretty certain it was a four legged animal, judging by the evidence. As you have read I set a live trap last night. It was set off at some point, however it did not have...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    These are our first chickens also. We live in the city, but we do have a lot of wildlife including predators, unfortunately. I spoke to my neighbor at lunch, she is active with her neighbors and walks very early in the morning so she hears and sees a lot. I was telling her what happened and she...
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    identify what killed my chicken

    Please help me identify what happened to my poor chicken. What I saw... Black chicken, a healthy Plymouth rock, didn't come to roost yesterday evening. I went looking around the yard for her. It was dark. I found her dead on the edge and under a winter honey suckle shrub. IMO the predator...
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    new member

    Just wanted to say HI! I joined so that I could read and get useful information. Also after I have read and understood more about chickens that I might be able to help someone else. thomas chicken
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