predator attack

  1. TwistedRootTree

    Fox Attack, Unknown Injuiry

    Last night, one of our hens slept outside and nobody realized until a fox came by around 3am. I opened my window and the fox dropped her at the sound. She was not bleeding anywhere and couldn't have fallen from far based on where we think she settled down. She is very alive, but can’t stand and...
  2. Sassafras13

    Rooster Comb is Ripped off

    My rooster Gus, who just turned 1 year old (HBD bud). Got into a fight with a predator this morning and his comb is half ripped off. We don’t have any poultry vets around here. What is the best course of action to care for his wound?
  3. General-Tso

    ****Graphic*** What killed my bantam?

    A week ago i went out to feed my birds and found my duccle dead under the coop with all of the feathers on her head gone. The rest of the body was untouched. There was a little bit of blood on the ground around the run but no tracks of any sort. I live in new england so we do have lots of hawks...
  4. ScoutsZoo

    Chances of this duck making it?

    This morning around 3am, we suspect a possum got into the coop where my ducks and chickens sleep. Only my black Swedish stays on the ground, and it’s looking like only she was hurt. Her eye is definitely damaged and she’s got some scratching around her cheek. She’s also been very slow and quiet...
  5. chicken mo

    Rooster acting strangely after predator attack

    3 weeks ago my 2 yo rooster was attacked by a skunk which also killed a hen. Most of his injuries were to the face but have been healing well. Since then he’s been eating like it’s going out of style and doesn’t crow anymore. I don’t know what to think. Could his voice box have been injured or...
  6. talkinboutchickens

    R.I.P Agnes. What killed her?

    Agnes just died yesterday. This was a complete surprise. This morning when the chickens were let out, I later realized that Agnes was not there. And she is NOT the type to go wandering around the yard by herself. She usually stays with at least one chicken. We were very puzzled and looked around...
  7. M

    What got my turkeys?

    I am so upset and confused. I went to check on my turkeys this afternoon and this is what I found. I hadn’t been out to the pasture since last night so I assume this happened sometime last night. I have had turkeys in this same tractor for three years now and this has never happened. It’s just...
    • manyacres
    • Thread
    • advice and help please predator advice predator attack question turkeys
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  8. 3a3y

    What killed my chicken?

    Hi! I was missing a chicken and I found spot with lots of feathers and some blood. And it was just one spot. An hour later I found body 100 meters away from this spot. Chicken was missing a head and Predator left legs and intestines. And the body was found just like that, between spot with...
  9. N

    What killed 6 chickens in 30 minutes

    I live in Massachusetts. I let out my 9 chickens to free range and within 30 minutes six adult full grown hens were dead. I heard nothing until a squawk and when I went to check 6 were already gone. All that was left were piles of feathers. I saw two hawks circling but I don’t know how two...
  10. T

    8 month old LGD (Pyrenees) killing ducks and hens

    Hi. I don't think I'm alone in this... We adopted two LGDs back in January. They were pups (born in October), sister and brother. We had them around the chickens and they were fine with them for a couple of months. As they got bigger, that changed and our male became more aggressive. We stopped...
  11. C

    Dog attack, chicken won’t stand

    please help- About a week ago my chicken was attacked by a dog. She was in shock so I immediately put her under a heat lamp in our basement to care for her. Right away we noticed she would not stand. It looks like her skin was ripped away on her side but I’ve been spraying her wound with...
  12. boopsqueak

    Bobcat Attack: No Apparent Injuries, But Now What?

    Hello, Our Cream Legbar, Marjy was attacked earlier this afternoon by a bobcat. The cat was hiding under our front porch, and pounced on her as she was about to go under. My sister and I were able to chase the bobcat away, and it left poor Marjy and fled toward the woods. Thank God it didn't...
  13. T

    Guinea trio gone + dead rooster

    We had a weird situation where we had a flock of 3 young chickens, 3 young guinea fowl, and 1 adult rooster. The youngsters grew up together and the rooster seems to have adopted them once they started to free range. This morning between 5-6 am the guineas were attacked and assumed killed...
  14. H

    Owl attack- severely bent neck

    Yesterday, this chicken was perfectly normal and the next morning her neck was bent severely like this. That same night an owl had killed one of her hatch mates in another area of the larger fenced yard under another, large, mostly covered coop. There were no marks on this surviving chick's...
  15. Z

    One chicken missing and the other three dead, which predator?

    So yesterday we let the chickens (we have 4 and they’re all full grown and pretty big) out of their run to free-range at around 6am (as we’ve been doing for a few months now) All of them were fine, but then a while later we went to check on them (at around 8am) and we found their feathers...
    • Zarzoor
    • Thread
    • attack by predator dead chicken missing chicken predator predator attack unknown cause unknown prediator
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  16. Randysflock119

    Rooster’s eyes pecked out by predator

    Hi all, I’ve had backyard chickens for 3 years and had my third hawk attack last night. Lost one of my 8 hens. When I found my rooster, he was tangled up in the fence and appeared to be dead. I realized he was breathing but called a neighbor to come put him out of his misery. But when my...
  17. A

    New here just never posted yet

    Well my names Amanda I'm from western ny area if you know where buffalo and Niagara falls is im smack dab in the middle of the two in a place called North Tonawanda.... This is my 2nd time with Chickie's since my first last yr unfortunately in Feb on the 19th five days after my bday I walked out...
  18. Stefrrr

    After raccoon (?) attack care for rooster

    Well, the terrible thing happened. We went out Friday morning to feed our 24 chickens and found all but six chickens had been killed. I'd like advice on care for the rooster and identifying the predator. We have a secure coop with an automatic door into a fenced and covered but not completely...
  19. N

    Wing ripped off, serious predator attack wound

    I had this issue a while back and my bird made it through, he's now a healthy pet who will never go to freezer camp. Thought I'd share and help others in this emergency. Unbeknownst to me my juvenile turkeys were roosting on the edge of their water bucket because it was slightly higher than...
  20. T

    Lost two of my girls in broad daylight yesterday. The other two do NOT want to be kept in an enclosure. What do I do?

    I'm posting this for advice but also just to lament the loss of my Prairie Bluebell and Production Red. I did not know how absolutely devastated I would be. The red especially (named Red aka the Colonel) was the sweetest bird. She would run up and greet my husband when he got home from work. She...
    • thewhimsicalflock
    • Thread
    • free range chickens grief loss of a chicken predation predation management predator advice predator attack predator control
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
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