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    With heavy heart I'm coming here for help....

    Yup both are native, but I think a fox would be sneaky enough to go right up to a house and run off with a bird like that. It's been a few days and the anxiety hasn't left. Killing a wild animal isn't something I want to do, but I feel like I have to for closure and a peace of mind.
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    With heavy heart I'm coming here for help....

    That's the thing...it was pretty much an indoor chicken. It would stay perched on the edge of a box in my bedroom and just look at me with a content look on its face. At night it would sleep indoors and all winter it would stay in a cage in the basement....the only time it was let out was...
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    With heavy heart I'm coming here for help....

    Yeah, I miss my little brood dood....but I won't be applying some kind of scorched earth policy to dealing with any predators that may (or may not) have done it. A foxes turf is about 1.5 - 2km. So it will remain close by with the rest of its litter for quite some time...I'm going to borrow a...
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    With heavy heart I'm coming here for help....

    Thanks guys, I was thinking it was a fox as well. They have their cubs early spring and that might be why it would pull a stunt like this in the middle of the day and carry it off. Dogs mangle birds and leave them when they stop moving (for sport). I can't imagine a medium sized cat killing...
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    With heavy heart I'm coming here for help....

    Even condolences are appreciated. Thanks. =)
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    With heavy heart I'm coming here for help....

    I apologize for not introducing myself, but after the loss of my 1 bantam hen (and dear friend) I think I'm gonna be done with pets for a while. I should note that I have been reading archived threads on here already...which narrowed the predator down to a fox, a coyote, an owl, or a...
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