I too had a possum kill a chicken on two separate times. Both times we heard the comotion and caught the possum in the act. My husband beat it with a baseball bat.
I can't let my girls free range because of the red tail hawks. We already had one nasty attack. The chicken mad it, but lost an...
Help! Here's a good one: I'm having a terrible time with squirrel infestation. Those buggers find the scratch, chicken food, and even get in the pen to eat everthing every day. The chewed through the rubber bin I keep scratch in. I believe my aggressive polish bantam took one on and lost...
I called the breeder who I got the hens from and she is convinced it was a fox. She said that because there were no traces of the birds except feathers from one. She, like everyone here, consoled me and told me that it happens and is no big deal. She lost 18 of her layers in the spring to a...