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MoonWizard
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- May 14, 2022
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We are in Bay Area CA, I don’t think we have weasels here.something in the weasel family?
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We are in Bay Area CA, I don’t think we have weasels here.something in the weasel family?
I'm so sorry.I’ll take one. We are all kind of devastated. Had the 5 from chicks. My two daughters practically grew up with them. They could hold them and pet them and they would just sit with the girls outside. Never really thought too worry about them during the day or early morning.
We do have Possum, I’ve seen them before, but again only at night. We could have Raccoons but have not seen them.
Certainly could have come over fence but not run and if sun was up, Chickens would have been out in the run.
the family is huge though, including otters and whatnots.We are in Bay Area CA, I don’t think we have weasels here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MustelidaePretty sure it wasn't an otter.
What's a "whatnot" ?
Fox. This just happened to my stepson. Fox went in and killed them all. A fox will kill them all even if it’s only eating or taking one or having a meal. They kill every single bird first.Residential neighborhood, our yard backs to a field. We have had our chickens 5+ years. They have a secure wood coup with metal auto door that keeps them say at night. The have a large run made by having a second fence with wire off our property fence. I heard them this morning, around 6 or 7. Sounded like egg laying I thought. When we went out around 11 , found all 5 dead. All with head and neck gone. Cleanly pulled right off. One had its wing torn off with exposed flesh under. No blood anywhere. Could not find wing, any heads of necks. No other signs of injury on chickens. All spaced out almost in a line about 6-7 feet apart almost in center of run.
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Any insight into what did this? Have read Hawk (two that frequent field, even ketch in trees by chickens. No issues in years past) Horned Owl? I know we have a large barn owl that flies by now and then but only seen at night. Raccoon?