Chickie'sMoma :
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same here on tuesday morning. lost 5 of my birds and i can't find any trace of the 6th one. most were beheaded and their innards gone. found a few eggs outside the coop i could only guess were ones from inside the poor birds. it got 3 of my girls that hadn't started laying yet, my EE hen and one of my faverolles hens, and my missing girl was a faverolles pullet almost ready to start laying! i'm thinking it was a raccoon or some sort of weasel since nothing was destroyed to get into the coop. we secured it the best way we figured would work. but my surviving girls wouldn't go back in the coop at all yesterday. so i brought them into the basement and have them in my grow out/brooder pen till i can move them back tomorrow morning.
i have one bantam cochin girl that survived nearly getting killed by what ever it was. but she looks really rough, but she seems to be toughing it out! still eating and drinking fine but her neck got slightly skinned and one of her wings i believe was pulled on and had been drooping but she can move it slightly. i'm hoping she will recover but i don't think i will ever be able to put a roo in with her because of the neck issue.
i hope you catch what ever it is that is killing in your area!
That is so sad. I hope these skunks decide to move on or they may meet mr. bullet....can we shoot skunks? I havent seen a skunk around here since about 6 years ago when 2 of them fell in the pool and drowned, it was sad because they were babies, but now I feel that if they go after the chickens, I will have to "off" them!
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same here on tuesday morning. lost 5 of my birds and i can't find any trace of the 6th one. most were beheaded and their innards gone. found a few eggs outside the coop i could only guess were ones from inside the poor birds. it got 3 of my girls that hadn't started laying yet, my EE hen and one of my faverolles hens, and my missing girl was a faverolles pullet almost ready to start laying! i'm thinking it was a raccoon or some sort of weasel since nothing was destroyed to get into the coop. we secured it the best way we figured would work. but my surviving girls wouldn't go back in the coop at all yesterday. so i brought them into the basement and have them in my grow out/brooder pen till i can move them back tomorrow morning.
i have one bantam cochin girl that survived nearly getting killed by what ever it was. but she looks really rough, but she seems to be toughing it out! still eating and drinking fine but her neck got slightly skinned and one of her wings i believe was pulled on and had been drooping but she can move it slightly. i'm hoping she will recover but i don't think i will ever be able to put a roo in with her because of the neck issue.
i hope you catch what ever it is that is killing in your area!
That is so sad. I hope these skunks decide to move on or they may meet mr. bullet....can we shoot skunks? I havent seen a skunk around here since about 6 years ago when 2 of them fell in the pool and drowned, it was sad because they were babies, but now I feel that if they go after the chickens, I will have to "off" them!
