predator

  1. MooseLovesTwigs

    Chicken thought to be dead was seen in neighbors yard (.5 miles away). What can I do to get her back?

    We had a predator (fox or coyote I think) that was able to get past and force open our 6 ft wooden fence's gate (a week or so ago). 3 hens missing after a count and some signs of a kill just outside of the fence. We looked around and didn't see any sign of our birds so eventually we assumed the...
  2. Y

    Chicken killed by Unusual predator

    Hi all I live in Sydney australia and notice today one of my chickens is dead. The nature of the kill is very odd I found it out in the open no feathers anywhere or real mess and the head and neck only eaten. I have had kills with foxes where they have left the body years ago but always had...
  3. bridgetamelia98

    Quail all found slaughtered!?

    This morning I went out to check on my button quail and all but 1 were dead, they are housed with a chicken and a rooster and a larger coturnix quail and have never had any problems until this morning where there was a pile of them in their little wooden house on the bottom floor I don’t know if...
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    • button quail chinese cotournix quail coturnix quail courtnix quail dead hen predator quail rats
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  4. Brooke_R

    Ducks and Geese Disappearing

    This summer, three of my ducks disappeared within a matter of two weeks. Then, two more disappeared a couple of months ago. They have all disappeared sometime in the middle of the day. Not a trace was left of them. No feathers (or any extra that I could tell when they were molting). They are...
  5. DuckDuckJuice

    Hawk!

    Back again! When it rains, it pours, apparently. We just witnessed a big hawk swoop down through the yard and try to grab one of the ducks. The hawk has a nest in a tree in the yard behind us and we’ve been aware of it for a while. We’ve never been overly concerned because there was no clear...
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    • cover danger duck hawk help predator
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Anime2lover

    What do certain predator injuries look like

    One of my polish hopped the fence and explored the woods behind our yard, which they don't usually do. She didn't return to the barn. We didn't know she wasn't in until we heard a racket outside. She is alive with three skinning injuries, a few scrapes, and a single tiny puncture wound. We have...
  7. MenachemEliyahu

    Raccoon near miss

    About an hour before sunrise the sound of my chickens in distress woke me up. I rushed outside and I saw four out of five hens standing out in the rain. As I checked the a-frame the fifth one popped out. I didn’t see anything in there. My daughter came out because of the commotion and said that...
  8. H

    Thoughts on Predator?

    Wondering what you all think about who would have eaten our silkie. They were in a “visiting pen” next to the big coop yesterday afternoon (fenced in but partially uncovered; lesson learned😩). Only one (out of 9) was grabbed… and all that was left was a pile of feathers and what appears to be an...
  9. NatureGirl74

    What attacked my roo

    I have a roo in a pen all by himself because he doesn't get along with the other chickens. His face is really bloody and there's blood all over the chicken wire and his feeder is on the other side of the pen. His pen is right next to a tree line (might not have been the best idea, but it was the...
  10. Cristalzita

    Looming Hawk

    I have a new flock of chickens which include some smaller breeds, 2 silkies and 2 serama roosters. I am fairly certain one of the silkies ended up being a rooster as well. My problem is, I noticed this has attracted a hawk to loom over my flock. At one point swooping in until they notice I was...
  11. alex1706

    Predator killing my chickens

    Hello! I am new user and asking for help on finding out what kind of predator is attacking my chickens. It started probably around Wednesday or Thursday but didn’t notice 2 went missing until Friday. At first we thought they escaped as it’s what usually happens when they aren’t in their house...
  12. chickbrad24

    What Could It Be????

    Good Evening Everyone, On Saturday I woke up and forgot to close my coop the night before. Went out to find feathers everywhere and 3 chickens outside the coop mostly eaten. The pole for the run had been bent over as well. That nigt I fortified the run and realized that over 20 chickens...
  13. G

    Stories of chicken running away?

    Never thought this would happen to me but 3 days ago one of my hens ran away from home. I went looking for her and she was at the end of my street on the wall. A loud noise startled her and she jumped off the wall. Unfortunately, on the other side of the wall is a 30 foot drop (around 9 metres)...
  14. OrlandoMama

    A pair of ravens are hanging out by my chickens

    It started with just circling and then landing in the distance. Now every day a pair of Ravens are standing about 20ft from the coop just watching the chickens and they’re getting braver. The used to fly away as soon as they saw me but now they don’t care. I’m very nervous. Should I be worried...
  15. L

    Third Chicken Gone

    I live in southwest Louisiana, in the country with forest around us. This is my first time raising chickens. They were 2 yrs old. Something just started killing them a few months ago. I started out with 7 now I only have 4 left. This predator only kills one at a time. We only see feathers, no...
  16. Crazy Duck Lover

    Thinking back on a past attack

    So I had a duck flock already established since 2016, and in 2018 I hatched out more ducklings. I believe it was like 10. Anyway, I ended up integrating, and moving them in with the rest of the flock at my pond, which was fenced off in chicken wire (that was a mistake! they took it down real...
  17. Samantha Stevens

    At what age are Emu chicks fox-proof?

    I have 3 emu chicks., they're 3 months old now, and live outside. But at the moment we're putting them in the large* chicken run overnight to protect them from foxes. I live in the south of the UK, so foxes are the only predators that we have to worry about. At what age are they safe from...
  18. MissGreenJeans

    NC bears?

    Hi, chicken folks! :) My chicks are getting bigger by the second, and I’m getting their new coop ready for the transition to outdoor life. I have hardware cloth to bury and to use as a skirt, I’ve got a Chicken Guard door and a sturdy coop connected to a welded wire run. I’ve also got some...
  19. H

    What Could Steal a Big Rooster With no Evidence

    I just lost my Big Brahma male. 8-10 lbs. No trace- no feathers or blood, at least where I can see. My dad found a very skittish female by herself hiding close to roosting time. My only guess is he chased something off into the woods, where he got got, because I can’t imaging him going out...
  20. Anime2lover

    Hawk stole a young chicken! How to deter them?

    We have dogs and kids that are outside almost constantly in our yard with our free range chickens. We've had hawks all the years we've lived here and never once have they bothered our flock. But lately they seemed to have lost much of their fear of that. Exp, just a few days ago I'd just culled...
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