- Sep 6, 2018
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We lost a chicken last week to a daylight raid. It was unknown what grabbed my silkie rooster or how it got over (or under) the wire of the fence. We
followed the feather trail and placed a live trap in a nice shady spot, plenty of camouflage. We have been trapping for a week now, keeping all the flocks
inside, "starving" the predator in to the trap. Unfortunately, the neighbors' chickens were playing under their tree, and I just saw from my drive a "doglike" critter
grab a chicken and drag it off. In case it was a domestic dog I started across the yard yelling and waving. I remember a long tail and a golden brown coat. And a trail of feathers. They have no fence and it ducked into the brush and scrub.
DH thinks it could also be a coyote. Either beast will be difficult to lure into the livetrap. Setting the game camera for some intelligence gathering.
followed the feather trail and placed a live trap in a nice shady spot, plenty of camouflage. We have been trapping for a week now, keeping all the flocks
inside, "starving" the predator in to the trap. Unfortunately, the neighbors' chickens were playing under their tree, and I just saw from my drive a "doglike" critter
grab a chicken and drag it off. In case it was a domestic dog I started across the yard yelling and waving. I remember a long tail and a golden brown coat. And a trail of feathers. They have no fence and it ducked into the brush and scrub.
DH thinks it could also be a coyote. Either beast will be difficult to lure into the livetrap. Setting the game camera for some intelligence gathering.