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  1. C

    How many chickens have you had total and how many lost?

    How many total chickens have you/currently have and how many chickens have you lost to illness or predators? Don't include chickens slaughtered for meat, please. That is a controlled kill. We have owned a total of 24 chickens, We have lost 7 to predators and 2 to illnesses. Our ratio sucks. To...
  2. B

    Open Air Composting

    If I add an open air compost bin to my chickens free range garden ~ will I be asking for trouble with hawks and other predators???
  3. Awtdaniel05

    The predator that flies

    Hello, I recently had 2 Sebrights, 2 buff Brahma bantams and a frizzle disappear. I was wondering if they got taken by a predator like a hawk or owl. Does anyone know what might have happened to them and how to prevent that from happening.
  4. tonim109

    Domestic feral Ferret

    since starting my chicken life almost 4 months now, I've encountered a ferret that created a crazy thanksgiving night. at dusk he came a creeping around the run. My dog that thinks the chickens are her babies, went crazy. She grabbed it and shook it. Not knowing what is was and afraid my Luna...
  5. 50-45-1

    MY 10 YR OLD CAUGHT A RED TAIL HAWK BARE HANDED

    I wanted to share an older story about my daughter who was 10 at the time. It was a small article in the online version of Traverse Magazine. She is 16 now, and would kill me if she knew i was doing this. https://mynorth.com/2013/09/northern-michigan-10-yr-old-saves-her-chickens-from-hawk/ 2...
  6. D

    Vacation: Do you lets your ducks stay in their run or hire someone to coop them?

    Hi, We have 2 welsh harlequin pet drakes that were born in April. They are full size now and are handsomely sporting their big boy feathers. We have an 8x16 foot fully enclosed run - 1/2 wire cloth sides and top with buried or aproned cloth surrounding the run. The run includes a pond (with an...
    • Duck_Duck_Dog
    • Thread
    • coop duck ducks night night return to coop pond preditor preditors run vacation
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. lilredwings

    ring Security Cams & Spotlights

    I’m a new flock owner. Naturally I’m getting ready to setup a coop. My major concern is the predator issue. I’m located in a rural area of Maryland...lots and lots of foxes and racoons. I was curious whether anybody has attempted using the Ring (brand) security cameras and spotlight setup to...
  8. K

    Chicks Disappear Without a Trace

    Hello everybody,(I'm new) I have(had) 13 Black Australorp chicks, 1 rooster and 12 hens, all around 11 weeks old. I went out this morning to feed them and I only counted 11...2 were missing! I looked around their coop to see if there were any tracks or drag marks or feathers...NOTHING. I...
    • Kima Kiolena
    • Thread
    • chick death chick disappearance chicken attack help opossum predator predator attack predators predators-and-pests preditors
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  9. ChickenHobbyFarmer

    holes dug under chicken coop ID?

    Hi everyone. I needed to get some information. I have seen a raccoon, a possum in my chicken coop area & caught one possum with a trap. My new visitors are smart and I haven't been able to trap them & now something has dug a hole under my coop. the hole was about 3 inches in diameter and at...
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