We do live in las vegas so my guess there are snakes. The hutch foundation was made of wood and wrapped with chicken wire, which was not damaged. After researching I'm thinking it might have been a rat.
The first night 3 of our female quails were plucked on the side of their body, feathers were torn out and lots of blood. A few days later the rest of our flock-4 more, (1-male, 3-females) were found dead with no heads. We aren't sure what killed them, either a raccoon or rat. Yet there was no...
We are still new quail oweners, yet today when we checked up on them we found 2 lying on the ground dead and one hobbling around with feathers dragging behind it. We picked up the two dead ones. One had been plucked on one side to the flesh, dried blood the other we only saw a bloody beak. The...
We are still new quail oweners, yet today when we checked up on them we found 2 lying on the ground dead and one hobbling around with feathers dragging behind it. We picked up the two dead ones. One had been plucked on one side to the flesh, dried blood the other we only saw a bloody beak. The...