7 of my 10 chickens died in an attack while free-ranging today

[BethyLeigh]

Oh no! What a terrible thing to happen on your birthday

 

[BethyLeigh]

I guanentee you whatever it was, WILL be back.
Secure the 3 you have left.
Get some trail cameras, to find out what it is then you can plan how to get rid of it.
If it ends up being your neighbors dog, you could be compensated.
I have been in your shoes, it is sad, but you have to get MAD!

I just looked at my game cam this morning and it didn't seem to catch anything - I'm keeping the remaining 3 locked in the run. Poor things are pretty shell shocked ... they aren't making a peep and are staying on the roost.

 

[Buffbrahmasforever]

I once lost 5 of my 12, two month old replacements. It was a pair of raccoons, they got into my coop three nights in a row. Each time we secured it they would get in some were else. Injured two of my older hens as well.
I am so sorry for your loss, and understand how hard it is.

 

[BethyLeigh]

I once lost 5 of my 12, two month old replacements. It was a pair of raccoons, they got into my coop three nights in a row. Each time we secured it they would get in some were else. Injured two of my older hens as well.
I am so sorry for your loss, and understand how hard it is.

Very sorry! It's hard to lose so many at once

 

[1cock2hens]

whenever i loose a chicken now i just remember back to when I was younger and we had a computer glitch turn the heaters on in 2 commercial chicken houses, over 50 thousand 6 week old broilers died that day. // doesnt seem too bad just loosing a couple when i do

 

[BethyLeigh]

whenever i loose a chicken now i just remember back to when I was younger and we had a computer glitch turn the heaters on in 2 commercial chicken houses, over 50 thousand 6 week old broilers died that day. // doesnt seem too bad just loosing a couple when i do

Ahhhh! That's terrible. Puts it all in perspective.

 

[cmom]

I have a few game cameras up in different places on my property. On some cameras I get nothing but usually on one of the cameras most nights, I get a predator. The field of vision on most cameras is 90º, so the field of vision isn't that large. Some cameras do have around 120º field of vision so predators can pass by without getting their picture taken. Also some cameras are low glow and some are no glow. Not sure about your camera.

 

[Whitepinefarm]

How awful. Non chicken owners can't imagine the sense of loss we feel when this happens.

 

[cmom]

A fox early this morning. It's blurry because I take videos and this is a frame of the video.

A couple of coyotes early one morning.

 

[a.greenleaf]

We lost 15 yesterday. This is the first time losing any to a predator. We are pretty upset about it. It is strange how attached you get to them.