Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[Redhead Rae]

We have seen coyotes too. We saw a dog about 3am every night for a while on our camera. Strange.

One of our neighbor's dogs (border collie, very friendly, leaves domestic animals alone) does a late night/early morning patrol of the properties along our hollow (valley between hills). We only found this out when we found dog foot prints in snow, several days in a row, always within several feet of the previous night's tracks. We think this is why the coyotes/coywolves stay out of hollow and up in the treeline.

 

[Sassysouth]

Have you been seeing them recently? Do y'all hear the ones by you?

Every now and then we will see one in the day time. It's always a little eerie. They're usually sick with something like distemper.

They'll be really skinny, staggering, and missing most of their hair.

We hear them occasionally. In the middle of our town is where the biggest coyote problem is. There was a youngster on my SIL porch. The foxes are bad in every neighborhood too, but they are out during the day. It is really bizarre.

 

[Sassysouth]

Cochin are my favorite bantams

I have a video of a lady and her 2 Lavender Cochin roosters.

 

[theuglychick]

That is Unnerving! That is definitely not normal behavior for a wild coyote!

I've only seen foxes a few times, mostly when the water is high and pushes them out of the swamp.

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We hear them occasionally. In the middle of our town is where the biggest coyote problem is. There was a youngster on my SIL porch. The foxes are bad in every neighborhood too, but they are out during the day. It is really bizarre.

 

[Anansi]

Lizbeth is a banty cochin, and a total sweetheart. From my view, yes, see how a couple do with the flock, if it works, great, if not, well...

 

[apryl29]

After our coyote incident I considered getting a trail cam to put near the coop, it's close-ish to the woods, to see what is coming around, but my indecisiveness kept me from buying anything. I did see that TSC has trail cams for $90 and was considering grabbing one.. I know we have deer and bunnies, but I used a board against the fencing of the run for extra support and one day the board was flipped over. No birds were missing after that, but I closed up that part of the run w/ screws and pull ties so no one is getting in w/o a drill. We're thinking raccoon b/c there were others, just not by the coop. My dad put out a trap by the coop, but it never caught anything. A guy up the road shot a coyote a couple weeks after our chicken was killed, but where there's one, there's likely more.

I have a video of a lady and her 2 Lavender Cochin roosters.

Please, for the love of God, do NOT tell my mother there are purple chickens.

 

[Sassysouth]

Those roosters were SO FUNNY!!! She told me to watch myself around them, they were on mission to get close to me. They were attached together like twins. And they were gorgeous!!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Apryl29,
Not exactly purple or bantam but a pretty blue with crazy big foot feathers.



I adore my Cochin. They are pretty mellow birds. The bantams are more active and beyond cute.


We luckily do not get coyotes here in town. Coons, fox, hawks, stray dogs yes not coyotes. I would be so freaked out if one was on the porch!

 

[apryl29]

Apryl29,
Not exactly purple or bantam but a pretty blue with crazy big foot feathers.

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I adore my Cochin. They are pretty mellow birds. The bantams are more active and beyond cute.

How do the foot feathers work w/ poop and mud? Do they get super gross? They're reallyyyy adorable. My daughter desperately wants a silkie or a cochin, but as a victim of chicken math we don't have space for any more chickens. I'm actually terrified that one of my 12 ladies will go broodie next year.

 

[Rubysword]

I. NEED. COCHINS!!!!! THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!! I need to convince my mom to let me get some of those FLUFFY. PURPLE. CHICKENS.

This is all your guys fault, btw.