A backstory for some context first off..
About a week ago now my entire flock disappeared, which is unusual but not unheard of. Only one pile of feathers from a single chicken and nothing else. Neighbor saw what they said was a fox (apparently they've never seen one so they weren't sure) but...
Hey peeps. More bad news on my end:( We found our Silkie - Naked Neck Cross pullet dead in our field today. We where away all day, so I don't know when/how it happened. All I know is that it was a predator, bc the body is torn open, and surrounded by feathers. There isn't much blood, and it...
I am so upset--
I had a chicken killed (head eaten -- the body intact) and so I moved my chickens into what I thought was a completely sealed room--when I say there are cracks I mean like 1/4"
It was very secure --or so i thought-i opened the coop to discover almost all of my chickens...
Fully feathered dead chicken found in coup, neck and head maulled down to the bone. Repete offender kills one per night. Automatic pop door malfunction discovered after two dead. Once repaired, third chicken discovered in yard. Might have been locked out. Predator must have came over the six...