it was a couple of the neiborhood dogs
Mike, that thought crossed my mind. Since I live in the 'burbs' there are very few dogs that roam...but there is one that does roam free at night ... and it's mean.
Once I saw that the chickens were whole and that one was buried, I realized that it was...
Looking at your nice coop and run. You may want to think about placing boards 24" high around your fence line to keep a predator from reaching inside where a stuck-on-stupit chicken will just run over to his death
They weren't killed in the pen. The pen was open and they were out and about...
My dog and I interrupted a red fox in the field near us and I was thinking that she may have little kits... So this is a strong possibility given that they are known to bury their food for later.
I have seen raccoons in the yard with the chickens in the past and they appeared to be only...
What's the difference between bury and stash? Not sure. This chicken was buried under leaves, dirt and some sticks. Amazing. I don't know why I noticed it... I guess the pile of feathers a couple of feet away and then I saw the disrupted ground. Oh course, there are a lot of leaves and such...
I'm in a suburb of NY. I see red fox, coyotes, raccoons all the time. The guy at the feed store (before I found the buried one) thought raccoon, but I find it amazing that a raccoon could get them all.
Oh, as for their set up, they are semi free range and their coop was not secured last...
I want to know what animal(s) may have killed my chickens .
I was away and came home to find 4 of my chickens killed and 3 missing. I am devastated. A perfect storm conspired against me last night and there's nothing I can do now but learn from this.
Here are the only clues that I know...