DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!1

[aran]

The "prison" coops have been breached...something got in last night i can only assume through the holes in the chainlink fences and killed all our babies except for 1 buff laced polish male and one cuckoo silkie ( these were the babies we hatched ourselves) and then got into the main alcatraz coop and killed several of the birds in there.

Now i have to replace these birds ( we are going to line each coop inside the fence with small hole chicken wire today) asap as these were my small son's birds:

1 black bantam cochin frizzle
1 RIW
1 white bantam cochin frizzle
1 ameraucana
1 salmon fav
3 BLP pullets
1 BLP cockerel
1 black white crested polish
1 white silkie
1 black silkie
1 cuckoo silkie

I will try and get these online at one of the hatcheries today...if anyone has eggs/chicks of these that they can spare please let me know asap.

aran

 

[Crazy4Chickens]

Sorry to hear that I don't have any of those eggs but someone will be along shortly that may. Again I'm sorry to hear about your babies.

 

[justusnak]

aran....I am so sorry to hear of the breach..and loss. If you were closer...and could pick up...I have several on your list, I would be able to part with....
Black frizzle cochin ( and a rust color too)
Salmon Faverole
Black and white polish roo
Ameracaunas
RIR( not whites)

Again, I am so very sorry for your loss.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

i'm so sorry! Do you have any idea what type of predator it was? What could squeeze through the holes in a chain link fence and do so much damage? Wondering if i need to fortify here. i have a chain link dog kennel surround on my pen, with hardware cloth up 3 feet around the bottom, then covered on top.

Hope you can replace your birds quickly. You could try mypetchicken.com, although i think they are sold out of silkies right now except for in their bantam assortment.

Again, so sorry.

 

[Windy Ridge]

Oh, no!

I wonder if it could be a weasel or a mink--are they skinny enough to squeeze through chain link?

You might want to skip the chicken wire and go with hardware cloth, which is sturdier.

I hope your son is not too sad.

 

[JenniferJoIN]

I'm sorry for your loss... I think the worst part is not knowing what happened!

 

[Queen of the Lilliputians]

Aran, how horrible! I'm sorry.

Give your little boy an extra hug for me.


-Meghan

 

[speckledhen]

aran, I'm really sorry! How awful for you. Definitely go with hardware cloth, the 1/2" tough stuff. It's more expensive, but if you already have a predator, I wouldn't waste much money on plain chicken wire.

 

[patandchickens]

A weasel would definitely go straight through chainlink. Possibly 1" chicken wire too. So sorry for your loss, and your son's

I agree with those who say go straight to 1/2" hardware cloth, you don't want to go through this again later!

Good luck,

Pat

 

[nccatnip]

How awful!! I am so sorry. Good luck in finding replacements soon.