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  1. Eliaria

    Raccoon or Weasel?

    Recently I’ve had someone breaking into my coop. It’s an older shed that needs new gutter boards which is where the culprit is getting in at. At first it would only kill them and eat the neck area but the last two it cleaned out their organs (except one on each, a large round organ the size of a...
  2. HenriettaPizzaNolan

    Dealing with emotions of a botched kill

    Today we processed our Rainbow Rangers. Typically my husband chops the heads off with an axe and we both process. He does it because he's stronger and also has accuracy from splitting wood since he was a kid. However, I mentioned to him that I feel I should also participate in the kill part so I...
  3. Bigbluefrog

    How do you cull chickens?

    So I have to put one of my hens down. I been prolonging it. I have an empty milk jug. Gonna hang her upside down so she goes to sleep and cull. Here is the thing- I have never done it before. I was curious if there is a video on it? We did a neck pull on an injured chicken. My husband said...
  4. MyISAbrownhens

    What killed my hens?

    I don’t know what it is with our house but all our chicken attacks happen during the day. Today, at around 5 o clock and in the complete daylight, something killed three of our hens and injured another. One hen was missing with only feathers left, the other was down in the woods, and the third...
  5. G

    A cat issue?

    Over the past 2 weeks, we've come outside to dead chickens, some without their head and neck, some with only half of their body eaten, others dried up, and some with just the structure of the wings and feathers left. I've done many research as to who the predator could be, since we fence our...
  6. Phantom_k9

    Need Help Identifying Killer

    Good evening yall, I really hate that most of my recent post have been about grim topics. I went outside today to find one of our sweet juvenile chickens, killed. This is the risk of free ranging chickens, especially when you don't have a fence. We had planned to put in a fence either before...
  7. K

    Identifying predators

    With great sadness I type- Yesterday just before dusk, something attacked my rooster. This is the second rooster in a month that was attacked in the same way. My birds free range. I went out to lock them up for bed and found a pile of feathers, no blood just a pile of feathers. I spotted a few...
  8. R

    Ground Squirrels - tunneling under and eating through wire mesh

    Hi BYC fans! I have beaten coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, hawks, rats, irresponsible domestic cat owners who let their cats roam, and now struggle with ground squirrels. I have a serious ground squirrel invasion. I have lots of predators and after losing my last 2 flocks, I have built a fortress...
    • RadiantJay
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    • invasion kill mesh pest poultry fabric removal squirrel tunnelling wire cloth
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  9. Le Moth

    Tips for male muscovies?

    Male muscovies have such thick necks that I stuffed up the last one, I used a hatchet and while he bled out within 20 seconds, it did not cut through the neck and was very traumatic for my brother(10) and I (I can still hear the poor duck gurgling) I think I lack the upper body strength, I'm...
    • Le Moth
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    • culling duck kill kill cone muscovies tips
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  10. saseaver

    Will drakes kill their own ducklings?

    Hello, My ducks are completely free range. I have one pair of saxony ducks (male female). The female finally hatched 3 eggs. I now have the three ducklings (not sure of the genders as i am inexperienced and do not know how to tell until they have all their colors or by their voice). I’d say my...
    • saseaver
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    • drake duckling kill
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. HuskerHens18

    *kind of graphic* What killed this Hen?

    My beautiful Partridge Cochin has been battling the heat. I've done everything I can, I've read articles and done it all. At first I wasn't surprised when I found her collapsed in the chicken coop. Then I got closer. My coop door is left open and so is the window straight back. The window has...
    • HuskerHens18
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    • dead dead bird kill killed killed bird killed chick murder mystery predation predator unknown cause
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  12. Terri E

    Father attacks chicks. 1 dead,1 survived.Help in healing that 1 please.

    I have a pen with Roo and 3 hens. 2 chicks hatched close to a week now. Today, looked onto them and saw the rooser, Andre, attacking the chicks. When I got there, 1 dead, 1 still chirping but barely. Not even moving. So, as I was getting the dead one, both hens started to attack me. I...
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