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    Mystery Murderer *Photo of Deceased Body Included*

    This morning, I let the chickens out of their coop, into their run, and all twelve were healthy and in stable condition. This evening, when I went to put the chickens back in the coop, I found one chick dead and decapitated. My run is made of 1/4" hardware cloth all the way round, with a...
  2. R

    Is this a Coyote proof coop?

    First time chicken owner here. I just released my 4-week old pullets into their coop and now am paranoid that a predictor will take them. I live in Southern California and we have a problem with coyotes and an occasional bobcat. Any thoughts on this?
  3. W

    What got my ducks?

    I’ve lost my 2 jumbo Pekin ducks just days apart. I found My first duck about 4 days ago and she was out of her pen when I found her, she was about 20 feet from it. She was missing her feather, skin and meat off her back. She was also missing tail and neck feathers. She had a big puncher wound...
  4. Launchpad

    Snakes in the duckhouse

    So a few weeks ago when we first purchased the property there were two snakes in the duck coop. Both snakes and the coop are in the pictures. The fencing and door into the their pen is adequate for any critter, except snakes. As far as I can tell (I just moved to this part of Texas) they are...
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    • coop duck ducks predator secure coop snake
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. S

    Florida duck predators?

    Sadly a predator of some sort got to my duck sometime between 1 and 630am. He was in a makeshift enclosure (we found him in our yard) and the top of it had been removed (large metal grate). He was about 8 feet away in the corner. *GRAPHIC* While he had blood on his face he was fairly intact...
  6. BookThief

    Unknown Predator

    Sorry it's long. If you don't want to read, here's the very short version: 1 chicken dead with no known cause, 1 missing. Some of the live chickens and ducks have saliva on them but no injuries or broken bones. What happened? The full version: Last night, my fiance woke me up at 4:30am and...
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    • animal attack blood canine coyotes dogs feathers injuries predator unknown
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  7. MountainUp1

    Dump dry cement through hardware cloth floor to help discourage rats?

    Built a coop with hardware cloth floor, which has worked well keeping snakes and those sorts out. But this year is our first we've been overrun by rats. Tried the bucket, and poison (in protected bait stations), both to no avail. They won't go up on bucket, and they aren't eating bait. I even...
  8. oodle

    What predator am I dealing with?

    Twice now I’ve lost a chicken to a myster predator. This is how it goes: I hear a chicken commotion- my flock is kind of making distressed and attention-seeking noises. I go out to check on them and one of them is missing. I look around the whole entire yard and no feathers, no blood, no signs...
  9. Agwhite

    Disappearing Ducks!!

    What kind of animal would take 2 ducks during the day and not leave a single feather? I had a flock of 10 and 2 of them were missing. I would check on them constantly throughout the day and watch from the windows for predators. They were fine all day and no predator showed up. My last time...
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    • ducks predator
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
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    Can anyone say what predator attacked this bird?? *Picture attached, graphic*

    Hi everyone, This morning, a couple meters away from the chicken coop, I saw a pigeon/dove that had its insides completely scooped out... It was very sad to see. I've never seen a bird attacked like this in my backyard before. We have feral cats, raccoons, skunks, and possums in the area (with...
  11. Utmost

    Who use the omlet coop and how many chickens you have in it?

    I have the omlet coop and 10 chickens for 2 years so far it’s been predator proof I’m in Virginia , so a big mix of predators so far a good investment.
  12. A

    Vanished Ducks

    I have 2 adult Anconas, one hen and one drake, and 2 two month old Cayugas that all just vanished in the span of 4 hours? We don’t live in a heavily wooded area and there’s a lot of dogs in the neighborhood so a whole pack of coyotes seems unlikely; but I can’t figure out how else four whole...
  13. blissfulbirds

    How to deter a large fox?

    Two days ago, we lost a chicken to what we thought was a hawk due to having had problems with hawks in the past. Today we were able to hear the commotion and saw a large fox inside our chicken coop. It easily hopped over our fence which is decently high. Our chickens were thankfully able to...
  14. PiedPiperDucklings

    Multiple chickens missing??

    Hello! Yesterday when me and my husband went to give the birds some treats, we noticed two of our retired girls, our buff Orpington, and our white Orpington pullet were all missing. We looked for hours but couldn't find a trace! They free range but never have gone far and we have a rooster who...
  15. Fae Forest Farm

    Creating the Corvalla! A chicken that looks like a crow

    Those who free range their chickens have had problems or fears with regards raptors preying on the flock, whether they are hawks, eagles or owls. There are a number of deterrent ideas to utilize, one of which being to put crow decoys around which need to be consistently moved around and cannot...
  16. 0

    Scarephant?

    Does this work as a bird deterrent? Will it actually keep away hawks and owls? He’s a huge 5ft elephant btw.
  17. 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...
  18. MetroMutt

    Chicken safe cat deterrents??

    Are there any chicken safe cat deterrents that are helpful to spray around yards? Our neighbors let their cats run around freely and I personally find that really unsavory along with I dont want them spreading disease to my chickens, I know that they will snoop around and piss in our yard and...
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    • advice appreciated advice wanted cat cat diseases crazy neighbors help pest predator repellent repellents
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  19. Why and Dotte

    What would you spend?

    It seems that poultry safe livestock guardian dogs are in high demand yet I never see any trained dogs available. I'm wondering if that's because the cost of a trained LGD is typically more than most want to pay or have the funds to pay for one. Hypothetically these dogs would be health tested...
  20. Chickenwithnobrim

    Camouflage yes or no

    I know this may be a dumb question, but in a green free run area, would dying a silkie chicken green help with her camouflage or make it worse? Mainly thinking in the terms of aerial predator.
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