I work nights shift. I just woke up to let my dogs out!!!! Gotem! Boy if I could shoot a gun!!!! It's days are number. Sorry if that offends anyone,but my chickens are my babies. I have 3 barn kitties k was fixing to set loose but not anymore!
I'll keep everyone posted. 1st time ever was when we caught a skunk getting into our pen. Mother nature..and her vehicle took care of that problem, although it never hurt my babies. 2nd time a neighbors dog was caught in the act killed 3 of my babies FOR FUN! That issue has since been handled. I...
I'm going to nix the whole hawk idea. Literature says those ducks weighed 7-9lbs. They just vanished. Nowhere for them to go with any predator other than under or over a barbed wire fence
It was a young lavendar orphington Roo. The Pekin ducks are super fat and waddle. They seem to look heavy but I've not ever picked one up. We will find out what it is soon enough. We are surrounded by cow fields. It's hard to canvas the surrounding area.
I have had 2 ducks disappear one at a time the past couple of days. It has happened during the day. Today I have a rooster missing but this time there was a pile of feathers by the coop. They free range so they run around the yard. Any guesses?
What does this look like? Husband said the bad eye was found all bloody. I pulled a fat white mushy booger type thing out of its eye today. Smelled terrible. The other eye which looks alright pushed out a contact lens looking thing.