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'I have had a flock for a little over year. I started out letting them free range during the day in a large wooded fenced in back yard. Everything went fine for the first couple months. I went out of town and a neighbor was managing them, locking up the predator proof pen at night after they...

I have 4 hens and 2 roosters. Got the 2 boys when they were young and thought one was a hen. They are both full size now. They have been managing to get along pretty well so far. The one dominant rooster has aligned himself with 3 hens, 4th hen keeps to herself, and the other rooster is kinda a...

I've lost 2 girls, most recent one was most definitely a hawk. Found the bird dead didn't see the predator. General consensus on this forum was it was a hawk. I know we have a hawk in the area as we hear it daily. I kept my girls penned up for a while since the last kill, but have gotten more...

Thanks for the encouragement!

I have one Buff Orpington and 3 black australorpes. The Orpington I've had since about May. She was laying pretty good and suddenly stopped sometime in June. Thought she was molting, that seems to be well over with but still no eggs. She healthy and happy, well fed,etc. Then about 3 weeks ago I...

I feel your pain! I've lost 2 full grown hens. Have been posting and have gotten lots of opinions of which predator it could be, most likely a hawk. This morning I was going down to let the girls out for a bit of free range, I watch them very closely when I do this, and a hawk was evidently...

I'm very familiar with electric fence, but haven't heard of an electric net. Could you please send me anymore information and/or a link about this? Thank you so much!

I really appreciate the reply's. I am very new at this so I'm still not convinced and have a few more questions. The "kill site" was under a lot of vegetation and very secluded. I don't see how a hawk would have gotten to her in that spot. So you all think she may have been out it the open and...

Thank you for your reply. I continue to try and figure out the predator so I will know better how to protect my girls. A little more information about the kill, the head was not completely severed. the beak and comb were still intact, as well as the skin of the back of the head. The belly was...

Thank you for your reply. I live in the piedmont of NC. Since the attack, I have kept my birds in their secure pen, with the exception of an hour I was able to let them out and stand guard. We were out of town over the weekend so they had to stay in the pen. Our pen is covered in chicken wire...

I lost my favorite bared rock about 6 weeks ago, just vanished to sign of her, not a feather. I have a secure pen inside a large fenced in back yard, 4'chain link. I just got 4 new black astorlorpes, had them about a week. Have just started letting them free range during the day. Yesterday found...

I feel your pain. I too lost a hen yesterday, she just vanished into thin air. I let my girls free range in a large fenced in yard during the day and put them in a secure coop at night. Our back yard is very wooded and there is lots of cover for the birds. We have had this arrangement all summer...