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Great article. Let's see how this goes ...

You all are such a wealth of information. Thank you !!!!

Kudos, I think that's a super question for your vet !

Egg-zacky. We can all arm chair quarterback the problem 'til the chickens come home to roost, but knowing what is wrong when there are multiple birds involved is another thing entirely. Necropsy by a lab is the only way to know for certain. The great thing about most government funded labs is...

I didn't get a chance to set traps tonight. If the coon, or whatever it is, wants the chicks tonight, it is going to need the key to the garage deadbolt, the passcode to turn off the alarm and security cameras -- and something bigger than my 10 gauge :P

So sorry for your loss !!!

IMHO, so very super smart of you.

I'm hoping it's not weasels. I understand trying to keep weasels out is like trying to keep goats in.

Unfortunately it's woven nylon, not metal.

X3 Looks like a good list for US labs: https://www.heritageacresmarket.com/poultry-necropsy-labs/ and I could only find the Canadian lab in BC: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood/animals-and-crops/animal-health/pathology-necropsy Don't mess around. Test.

I think there was a gap the first two nights. Last night, I can only imagine one of the chicks toes were sticking out of the mesh. I tugged on that all as hard as I could and couldn't get any gap that was greater than 1/4".

I believe it is coming over the fence and through a chewed through area in the aviary netting through an enormous wild blackberry patch.

Amazing pictures. You're right. I should go get my camera :)

Thank you for the recommendation !

Thanks for the recommendation.

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Many thanks!

We are in a rural part of Northern California. The last few nights I have been losing a couple of 6 week olds a night that have been in, what I previously found was, a very secure, galvanized aviary mesh (1/4" heavy wire). I reinforced the bottom of the cage and door and literally tied the...

Anyone's guess as to what these boxes were used for -- eggs with egg flat protectors, maybe ?

For anyone who is interested -- prior to becoming the wine "mecca" it is now, the Napa Valley's predominant crops were hops and prunes.