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  1. moenmitz

    What are we up against- BURIED chicken?

    That is the site I was looking at too- very informative! We DID catch a opossum last night-FINALLY. Probably not even THE opossum, but he was skulking around my chicken pens, so that was his bad choice. I felt kind of bad for him though... Pretty sure fox is the culprit in the chicken attack...
  2. moenmitz

    What are we up against- BURIED chicken?

    I have never seen a stray dog around here- our neighbors are few and far between, and I dont think any of them even have dogs-have never seen any anyway. These dont look like "sport killings" like a dog would do, and they were too clean as well- dogs tend to rip stuff up. The one BO was eaten a...
  3. moenmitz

    What are we up against- BURIED chicken?

    We do have coyotes, I have heard them way back in the wooded area, though I have never seen one come close to the property. We have a big dog who I thought acted as a deterrent to them. He was locked in the goose pen last night though to protect them as tehy do not have a secure area to be...
  4. moenmitz

    What are we up against- BURIED chicken?

    Pretty sure we are looking at a fox for this attack now from the research I have been doing-occasionally they take a head, often they just break the neck and store it in a shallow depression for later. They hunt in pairs, which would make it more feasible to explain the missing chickens. We did...
  5. moenmitz

    What are we up against- BURIED chicken?

    Two weeks ago, something (opossum or mink we suspect) killed 5 ducks, ate the abdominal cavities only. We have set the trap every night since- nothing. Tonight, I had to leave a few rebellious hens who would not follow the rest into the barn loose in the yard with dusk approaching to go pick up...
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