predator

  1. tielie135

    best guard animal for lynx?

    hey so on my farm i have been loosing ALOT of ducks to lynx in the last few months (20 ducks all female except 1 drake dead in 2 months due to lynx) now that the lynx are gone (4 different individuals) we have another hawk hanging around. i am fed up with lynx and with the very few ducks i have...
  2. divineangel94

    Weasles

    I have a fairly large coop that does stand off of the ground. We have had mice find their way in through one very very small hole. We can't get hardwire cloth. Both the big door and ramp door have two locks on them and the coop is inside a large dog kennel which both is right next to my bedroom...
  3. P

    Intruder last night

    Hey guys I had my first predator try to get into my coop last night. I’m assuming it was a raccoon but not exactly sure. I wasn’t able to sink hardware cloth around my run on the outside because of there being way too much rock and stone. Can I put hardware cloth on the floor of the run and...
  4. quaasi

    raccoon or malicious spirit

    >>previous post for context<< in short, all thirty of our birds were killed by something that got into our coop, except for one hen who managed to get away unscathed a small update on that: the fayoumi is doing great, a coworker hooked us up with some hens and the coop has been completely...
    • quaasi
    • Thread
    • horrible gremlin ok kidding but we really need help persistent predator raccoon raccoon or demon you decide
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  5. V

    Help loud alarms at 2:30 am

    So I know they are alarming at either an owl, rat or ferrel cat. We have two big dogs that don’t have access to them on the same side yard. We also have two cats and neighbors on all ends (very closely unfortunately) but they all too have cats and very good about all getting along and keeping...
  6. ChocolateWingTheRooster

    Help!! Chickens and kittens killed suddenly!

    I need help, and fast! There’s a predator at my family’s farm that’s killed 2 young kittens, two adult chickens and a baby chick... all of which brutally murdered in broad daylight. We think it is a raccoon, as it ate the head off of one of the chickens... one of my favorites, too... and it...
  7. J

    First loss today, vanished without a trace

    Hello, Looking for the best guess for our culprit so we can prevent it from happening again. We have 5 little bantam hens (4 now) that during the day are turned loose in a run about 1900 sq ft. At night they are locked in their coop. The run has a fence I would feel relatively confident calling...
  8. T

    Potential new threat

    Hey guys. I saw some fresh dirt under the chicken rack thst I didn't notice yesterday. I think a raccoon might be trying to get at the chickens again. But we do also have a couple of cats hanging around, so I'm not sure. There was a small pile of fresh dirt near a small gap in the wall. It...
    • Tiffy316
    • Thread
    • chickens in danger hole in barn predator something digging around the barn
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  9. rosemarysugar

    Mysterious egg stealer???

    I accidentally left a basket of 7 egg in my chicken yard and woke up to these tracks and 4 eggs missing. Any idea what animal these tracks belong to? All my chickens were fine and there wasn't any scratches on the coop or anything. I live in colorado if that helps. 😊 Thanks!!!
  10. 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...
  11. KerriChick

    Sharp Shinned Hawk is Lurking...

    Yesterday we had what I think is a Sharp Shinned hawk dive for our Brahma! There was a huge racket and they all ran and hid(they have a covered run that is more like a pen with a tarp over the top that is not completely enclosed, but I cover the gaps and it is pretty highly hawk resistant-the...
  12. C

    Lost a chicken in 4 minute window

    Hi all, first time poster here and fairly new to chickens. We have (or possibly had) a silkie chicken that has gone missing tonight. They typically free range and my husband and I went on a walk around our property around sunset knowing the birds typically go in on their own and we’d be back in...
  13. chickenchicklady

    Meat bird tractor

    Hello! We are building a meat bird tractor! We have it doneC other than predator proofing.. we aren’t sure how to go about that! Any suggestions?
  14. KurtRyanGrehlinger

    Recently one of my chickens got killed

    So she was my first ever chicken and first chicken that ever died. We found her dead with her back end gone. It was nothing else but her top end. It also ate her intestines including the part where she produces her egg. It was no blood or any feather scattered around on the ground so I’m...
  15. L

    Help with Predator ID (Graphic)

    Over the last month, I’ve found 3 dead hens on my backyard. (Not my chickens, but I do have chickens in secure coops.) In each case, the entire bird seems to have been eaten except for some of the wings (and a foot in one case). In all three cases, the gizzard was untouched; other than that...
  16. tielie135

    preditor ID help

    i just had a very bad quail attack last night. 3 (making a total of 5) more quail were killed and one was very severely injured. all having the heads torn off at the shoulders and eaten with very little else eaten (just a couple of bites out of the breast on two) and one hen that was very badly...
  17. C

    Duck pen attacked, what now?

    I have a couple different questions, but feel free to add any input you have. I had a flock of 6 ducks, all were 6 weeks. Last night something got into their outdoor pen. Question 1: the hardware cloth was ripped out in a straight line and it wasn’t along a seam either, does anyone know what...
  18. G

    8 chickens disappeared, 1 found dead

    Our 11 chickens free range during the day on our 4 acres of wooded land. They always come back around 7pm, hang out in the backyard for about an hour and then put themselves to bed around 8pm Around 7, there was only 3 chickens in the yard, our 2 roosters and our only Easter Egger My husband...
    • GoodStuffMaynard
    • Thread
    • attack chickens disappeared chickens gone dead chicken free range chickens missing chickens predator
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  19. C

    Are hawks and raccoons the only decapitators ?

    Actually now that I think about it, owls eat heads off as well. . . So wasteful. ANYWHO - a little over a week ago we had a nighttime attack, 3 chicks were maimed enough to be culled, 2 went completely missing and we found feathers about 50 yards away, near the base of the tree and 2...
  20. L

    Kibble as a predator deterrant?

    hi, I'm a new chicken owner and I was wondering, would placing kibble at strategic areas away from the coop keep predators distracted? I have my coop up by my deck, which is surrounded by a low 3 foot fence. If there is food outside the fence, will they bother working to get within the fence and...
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