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    All chickens killed on Christmas!!!

    Anyone have experience with large roosters, can they fight off predators? Our rooster was a Silver Phoenix, aggressive but small.
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    All chickens killed on Christmas!!!

    Thanks everyone for the help. I have not been able to get a trap yet. There are no more birds for the cat to kill, so there is no big rush. I will update this tread if I get the bobcat. Steve
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    All chickens killed on Christmas!!!

    Quote: Getting more chickens will be up to my wife, when she is ready. We may convert a shed in to a coop, and we won't get the birds until we have secure housing in place. The old coop, was not well planed. I built a small coop when we first got a few chicks, and built on to it as the flock...
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    All chickens killed on Christmas!!!

    Quote: I buried them right away, and tore down the coop. My wife does not want to have any more pets killed. I will have to bait a trap with a store bought chicken.
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    All chickens killed on Christmas!!!

    I was not able to find tracks, the ground was too hard. I was not leaving tracks. I think the killer ate the bird , or some if it, in the coop. There were only wings left and some back. There was one head on the ground. The other birds had there heads. One had some of it's back missing. All the...
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    All chickens killed on Christmas!!!

    My wife's pet chickens were all killed on Christmas. I think it was a Bobcat. One large bird, 10 to 15 lbs, was eaten. The other 5 killed and buried in the straw. The killer had to fit through a 8 in opening, and climb well. It found a small opening that I failed to secure. There are bobcats...
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