DEAD AND GONE!!!!!

[TheOddOneOut]

This is a TROLL thread, those pics do not belong to that member.

 

[cmom]

Your post and profile don't mention where you're located, but there are likely chicken keepers in your area that can help you assess your coop's security. It's not easy to explain coop security and construction via an online forum. Though it sounds like you have most of the bases covered, it might be worth your time to enlist some friendly help to identify areas where you have potential security issues.

In this case, I think you forgot to check that everyone was up for the night. That's obviously not a coop/run issue, but something that MUST be done EVERY night. Doing a head-count is important too. We've had birds wander around so much at dusk that they forget to go in from time to time, then can't find their way once the sun goes down. It happens, but we catch it with the head-count, and pull out the flashlights if we can't see them close by.

As for sick birds, I don't know what your post history is on this forum, but come here right away any time you have a health issue with your birds and a vet is not an option. There are dozens and dozens of VERY knowledgeable folks that are more than willing to help you diagnose and recommend treatment options for ailing birds. I'm sure you keep a close eye on your birds' health, and it's super-important to get them treatment fast. Why? Birds are usually on the last of the downward slide when we recognize a problem because they hide their health issues incredibly well. It's a defense mechanism. So, treatment needs to be started ASAP in most cases to help them recover.

In the end, we all lose birds from time to time. I'd encourage you to not dwell on the lost birds, but celebrate the good lives they had while with you. It's happened to all of us, and if there is someone here that hasn't lost a bird, they probably haven't been keeping them very long.......

I agree too. I started keeping chickens around 50 years ago. It was quite different back then. I have had more predator issues in the last 20 years. Pictures help a lot.

 

[cmom]

It appears we have been had... At least maybe our posts have helped someone.

 

[Painted Calls]

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OP, if you did lose birds, I am truly sorry. You got some good advice here.. However, it puts a bad taste in my mouth when I see stolen pics claimed as your own. That then leads me to question whether anything you say is true.

 

[Chicken poppy]

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OP, if you did lose birds, I am truly sorry. You got some good advice here.. However, it puts a bad taste in my mouth when I see stolen pics claimed as your own. That then leads me to question whether anything you say is true.

Oh my gosh, if this is fake, how sad, we worked hard and used our time to help someone with a very serious topic instead of someone who could be true.

 

[Chicken poppy]

It appears we have been had... At least maybe our posts have helped someone.

Yep. Still sad though this person probably lied.

 

[Chicken poppy]

This is a TROLL thread, those pics do not belong to that member.

This is real sad, we used our time instead of helping someone who could have actually needed it with this topic

 

[ColtHandorf]

Like you're using your time wisely to gripe about not using your time wisely? Just move on. They know what they've done. And anyone who comes across the thread in the future will see good advice given to handle a similar situation.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

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OP, if you did lose birds, I am truly sorry. You got some good advice here.. However, it puts a bad taste in my mouth when I see stolen pics claimed as your own. That then leads me to question whether anything you say is true.

I have a question. Does this happen a lot? Or has it just been recently that people have been doing this? It always confuses me when people do this because after this happens no one takes them seriously. So what happens when something actually does happen to their birds? But their loss I guess.

 

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I am so so sad that boss is gone their is not any feathers just blood I am sick of my birds dieing every month I don't know what to do anymore

I had trouble like this when we had our chicken pen out the front, we never let the dog near it and lots of my chickens died from foxes.
But, we moved our coop around the back, where the dog is, and we let our little Malteser go in there every now and again. We haven't had chook taking by a fox for 3or 4 yrs now!