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  1. C

    What predator killed one of my girls? :'( unpleasant pic in post

    Hi, I'm just trying to find some answers as I'm worried about our other 2 girls. Sorry for anyone who has experienced loss(es) to predators, it's truly heartbreaking. We thought our flock was pretty safe, walled garden in an urban area surrounded by trees and neighbours with dogs, so they...
  2. Lyranonamous

    6 opossums and now 2 foxes. Any wildlife experts here?

    We just trapped our 6th opossum near the compost bin. I thought we could breathe now, but I saw a red fox run through our yard around 7:30 am. When I followed the tracks I found one set and my husband found another set. So there have been at least 2 times the fox has been on our land. The...
  3. Christopher28fair

    A visit from the fox

    I have 13 hens and one rooster. There’s a fox in our neighborhood, but two sides of our property face fairly busy roads, so he doesn’t usually come too close to our house, and I have fences protecting the yard. One fence is kind of flimsy - it’s really meant to keep the chickens IN, and it’s on...
  4. WhiteSilver

    Something went on my porch and took two chickens

    Hi guys. I’m a bit frazzled after learning that two of my six chickens went missing overnight. I have no idea what did it, and the clues are pointing me in all different directions. My father and I built a coop against our house next to our back door; it has a solid roof and wooden posts with...
  5. Hazelbunny

    Major updates

    Hello again I know I disappeared for a bit...ok ok for a long time. But a lot of stuff has happened! The first thing is... I have a rooster!! I have been hoping and hoping for a rooster and I finally hot one! His name is Simon and hes a silkie. He is the sweetest rooster I've ever met and I'm...
  6. Luke P

    ducklings following humans after being raised by a duck

    so back in christmas last year my brother and i each got a day old aylesbury duckling, jemima and puddles. they were the sweetest little things and my brothers drake puddles grew up to be the biggest sook. he would follow you around the yard wanting pats. then the other night a fox came and...
    • Luke P
    • Thread
    • aylesbury duck duckling follow fox friend imprint
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Michellep224

    Guard Dog?

    So I decided a big dog would be a great way to ward off foxes, coyotes, and the neighbor's dogs. So I now have a 5-1/2 week old pointer rottweiler mix. Has anyone else ever tried this? I've already started showing the pup the flock. The chickens are scared, but Rosie doesn't seem to mind. She's...
  8. katelyn19

    Help something took eggs

    okay so I had a male and female Pekin. I took care of them at night and came back the next morning to only see the male outside. My female has been sitting on a nest for about two weeks, and was so dedicated I had to get in their own and give her food and water. So I got in and crawled into the...
  9. EasterEggerEthan

    The Not so Fantastic Mr Fox (?)

    So we’ve lost two hens the past two days, and I’m certain it’s a predator and not heat stroke because hen number two is literally nowhere to be found. Three tiny white feathers on the opposite side of the fence. I’m assuming it’s a fox, simply because the last possum we had around here (that I...
  10. Bird momma of 5

    Fox attacked by Chicken - do I crate her, or put her out?

    I know many of you see this type of posts and I really tried reading through with shaky fingers. So a fox got to my hen. some gashes and puncture wounds. She "seems" ok. eating peas,we stitched up the deep gashes and put iodine on her. Should I crate her - is there something more I should do?
  11. house.of.ducks

    Saw coyote or fox near duck pen

    I was at the lake with two of my ducks and I received a phone call from my brother, he had seen either a coyote or a fox (were thinking coyote but I can’t be sure since I didn’t see it) standing near the duck pen and staring at them. My brother says he immediately shouted at it and scared it off...
    • house.of.ducks
    • Thread
    • coyote duckling ducks emergancy fox help predator predator control
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. Tilly6

    Fox lights deterrent in town

    has anyone tried the foxlights predator deterrent in town with neighbors? Is it too bright and annoying them all? I live on a lake and the fox have been gone for the last few years due to a new house going up next door. There’s a small bit of woods left on the far side of their house. The fox...
  13. Christina.Rich

    Does shooting the fox fix the problem?

    Hi all, We just had our second fox attack in three weeks. The one three weeks ago occurred when my chickens were out free ranging around 6:30pm and I ran inside for 20 minutes to do laundry. The fox managed to 8 of them, most being young birds. I tried to call a couple humane trap and release...
  14. Dani & Mikey

    Foxes in the yard at night!

    I woke up to that awful sound, that terrible fox bark/scream. I threw open the windows and started yelling, “Get the :mad: out of here you stupid fox!” I am sure the neighbors loved that. I know we have foxes, that’s not new but to hear them out there and know my girls were out there...that was...
  15. EggMan207

    Just lost 6 of my hens to a fox

    I just took a devastating blow to my flock, I lost 6 of my new hens (11 weeks old) to what I believe to be a fox attack (It could also have been a fisher cat, bobcat, or possibly a coyote...a hawk doesn't seem like the likely culprit where took 6 of them.)... They were in a pasture (that was...
  16. B

    Injured chickens-fox attack

    Hi there, would anyone know how to treat flesh wounds on chickens after a fox attack? Two of my girls were bit before I could chase off a fox. One has some missing tail feathers and a couple of punctures which I've carefully cleaned and put antibiotic cream on. The other chicken, however, has a...
  17. Sakiza

    What Attacked My Coop??

    Looks like bite marks? We are thinking raccoon. One of our free range ducks, and two roosters (on three different nights) were killed and licked clean. That doesn’t sound like typical raccoon behavior to me since they were not dragged away and only one was killed three different evenings over...
    • Sakiza
    • Thread
    • coop fox fox attack fox problems predator predator attack predator help raccoon raccoon attack
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  18. BuddyADucks

    Chicken starving herself

    We have had a run of bad luck lately. A fox has been killing off my flock. He killed my rooster and three hens two weeks ago but didn't make off with them. He came back yesterday, when I thought he'd moved on, to kill one of my geese and take off with a hen and a duck. Now I have one chicken...
  19. twilightgecko

    dealing with a FOX.. erghhh

    finally figured out what has been happening to my chickens.. a damn fox.. i thought at first it was a hawk, since i lost one during the day and had to put another down because of deep wounds to her neck.. then the other day i was working and my hubby did a head count at dusk, missing 2 hens...
  20. sstasiak042

    Rooster ran away....

    Hi all! I free range my chickens and yesterday one of my hens got snatched up by a fox. Last time one of my hens got snatched (raccoon), our rooster took off for a day and came back the next morning. I have not seen any of his feathers anywhere whereas there are TONS of the feathers from the...
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