Dead chickens

[chickitup]

We have a guard Llama in with our chickens, the pen is about 120' x 80', during the day we hook the gate so the chickens can go freely in & out (Lama won't even try), there's a tree in there with a couple of chicken houses, and during the hot weather I run the sprinkler in the afternoon.

At night I lock the gate and the Llama chases anything that comes near the pen (even mistook me one night) and tried to chase me. They make a Jurassic Park kind of cry that would wake the dead, and I always keep a window open, so I can hear any sign of trouble.

I have a question though...I've had a rooster with my hens since last summer, and no babies? We now have a second rooster, and they seem like buds, but the new guy steals a hen once in a while and kinda stays with the hens he came with, is it too late for babies OCT 16th???

 

[20736]

My experience has been that weasels are the cause of bloody necks pulled through the fence. I have lost whole birds also, and that is usually raccoons. I solved both problems by in season trapping for 4 years. No problems since (10 years at least).
I also have covered runs constructed of chain link fencing and tight coops.
Keep trapping, you will catch a coon. Weasels don't weigh enough to trip Havaharts.

 

[rschunk]

A guard Lama...sounds exotic..

I got new chicks (a week tomorrow) who are currently residing in the basement until they are a bit older. The one remaining hen seems to be doing fine at this point, but she is probably lonely, at least until I put the new chicks in with her....

Nothing trapped yet except a very small 'possum.....