Another attack! Getting really down on myself!

[Pbccmom]

After two weeks my bigger chicken are in a protected Coop. I bought two baby chicks that stayed in a brooder in my garage. Last night something go in the cage and killed both baby chicks. It had to be small. A mouse or a lizard. How can something have gotten to my garage and through small bars on a cage? What can I do to protect baby chicks?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

After two weeks my bigger chicken are in a protected Coop. I bought two baby chicks that stayed in a brooder in my garage. Last night something go in the cage and killed both baby chicks. It had to be small. A mouse or a lizard. How can something have gotten to my garage and through small bars on a cage? What can I do to protect baby chicks?

You could have rodents living in your garage. Could you keep the chicks elsewhere? I don't think a mouse would eat a chick, so it's probably some kind of larger rodent, like a rat. Do you keep feed in your garage?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Please post pictures of the cage you had the chicks in. Perhaps a rat could have gotten in. We may be able to advise you ways to make it safer.

 

[Debbie292d]

We have cats so don't have rats but find mouse bodies in our yard on occasion. Our brooders are in the house regardless.

So sorry as that had to be devastating. I too would think it's a rat or weasel.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also where in this world are you located? This will tell us what kinds of predators you may be dealing with.

 

[Pbccmom]

Also where in this world are you located? This will tell us what kinds of predators you may be dealing with.

I live in West Palm Beach florida. Never had a rat in garage raise 3 there no problem but I did buy a larger bag of chick feed that’s is there and a couple bags of hay I recently got.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hmm. Snake?

 

[Pbccmom]

Hmm. Snake?

Snake would have ate them whole. They were killed and left behind. Like kill for sport my poor babies

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Snake would have ate them whole. They were killed and left behind. Like kill for sport my poor babies

Oh. That's so sad.

 

[Krugerrand]

Trail cameras can be really handy for identifying what's around. You can usually find something fairly inexpensive on Amazon.