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Hello every one, I have not been here much in the past few years so I thought an into might be appropriate! My name is KC (really) and I am currently living in southeastern Arizona near the town of Cochise. I used this forum while living in Montana back in 2000-2010 and then moved to AZ. I...

Good morning all you chicken lovers! This past winter in Arizona I lost 19 hens to predatory large Owls and thus I now have the following: 11 adult laying hens, 9 six week old heavy breed chicks and 31 mixed breed chicks that are only 1 month old. The littlest ones are in a brooder set up...

Will take photos tomorrow and try to upload them. Only other option is a bobcat, puma or coyote but I have not seen any tracks....will also rake the ground tomorrow.

Hello, I have a hobby farm in southeastern Arizona. Have 30 or so laying hens and have had a horrid year with predators of the flying variety. Hawks and Great Owls as far as I can tell. Spent many hours totally covering my large hen yard with bird netting , sides go up ten feet and across the...

Holy Hannah! What a great and convincing photo your camera captured! Thanks for the input, read the whole thread. Hopefully the bird netting all around and over will solve the problem for me. Have new chick arriving tomorrow and I know the little ones are very easy food for the birds/and...

I spent the majority of my 66 years thinking owls were beautiful creatures. Then I lost six adult hens to a Great Horned Owl in one night. All were killed and left in the orchard not 50 feet from the chicken yard. My heart is sad. I go to sleep each night listening to the hoots of the owls...

I have had chickens and other farm critters on and off for the past 18 years in both Montana and Arizona. Odd though it seems to me AZ is proving more of a challenge! I currently have 24 Buff Orps and Barred Rock laying hens and no roosters. I use the eggs to pay for the feed and the finished...