We built a chicken coop and allowed our chickens to free rang until a few months ago something killed one.
Within a few days we built a closed in area for them with chicken wire. A couple chickens could find their way out but it worked pretty well until we came home late one night and neglected to put them up. Awful!! I still feel terrible!!!
Two chickens were safe in the coop, one was in the pen missing its head, one was squished in the corner of pen alive but inured, and 5 were taken.
There were feathers everywhere. The only noticeable blood was where they must have been dragged under the fence. Not much of a blood trail at all. Whatever took them had to have dragged them under their fenced in area and then under another fence. It looks to me like the gaps under the fence are 3 inches or less. Not sure how big the gap under their pen was.
I have a wildflower area close to the coop and have noticed a couple of trails. Also an area looks mashed down back there where something has been laying? Spying?
Any ideas what did this?
Within a few days we built a closed in area for them with chicken wire. A couple chickens could find their way out but it worked pretty well until we came home late one night and neglected to put them up. Awful!! I still feel terrible!!!
Two chickens were safe in the coop, one was in the pen missing its head, one was squished in the corner of pen alive but inured, and 5 were taken.
There were feathers everywhere. The only noticeable blood was where they must have been dragged under the fence. Not much of a blood trail at all. Whatever took them had to have dragged them under their fenced in area and then under another fence. It looks to me like the gaps under the fence are 3 inches or less. Not sure how big the gap under their pen was.
I have a wildflower area close to the coop and have noticed a couple of trails. Also an area looks mashed down back there where something has been laying? Spying?
Any ideas what did this?
