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Today in the middle of the day in Texas 12 of my chickens were killed, only 1 eaten.
I lost 10 American Bresse that were around 12 weeks old, nearing the size of an adult bird. And 2 d'Uccles.
These birds were in 2 seperate breeding pens. There was only sign of entry in the Bresse pen, we think it pushed some staples out of the bottom of the fence and squeezed in. No sign of how it got into the d'Uccle pen, the pens are side by side, so we think it may have grabbed those 2 through the fence when they were freaking out.
The ones who were killed died from a bite to the head/neck. Only one was eaten, and all that was left was it's head, legs, and back.
My father in law, who is watching my birds, said the punctures are the size of a nickel.
And the weirdest thing, to get into the breeding pens in the location that it was suspected to, it had to crawl over an 8 feet fence into my free ranging area where my layer flock hangs out during the day, ignore the chance to grab birds from in my open coop for my layers (there are atleast 5 broodies just laying in the coop easily), and decide to break into breeding pens instead.
So, a quick summary on this animal's MO:
- Killed 12 birds, ate 1.
- Eats everything but legs, head, and back.
- Kills during the day. (Today was 93°F, so a hot day)
- No real damage to pens, no ripped wire, just pushed it's way in.
- Breaks into a breeding pen instead of getting easy birds that aren't in pens, or are in an open coop and just laying in nests.
I lost 10 American Bresse that were around 12 weeks old, nearing the size of an adult bird. And 2 d'Uccles.
These birds were in 2 seperate breeding pens. There was only sign of entry in the Bresse pen, we think it pushed some staples out of the bottom of the fence and squeezed in. No sign of how it got into the d'Uccle pen, the pens are side by side, so we think it may have grabbed those 2 through the fence when they were freaking out.
The ones who were killed died from a bite to the head/neck. Only one was eaten, and all that was left was it's head, legs, and back.
My father in law, who is watching my birds, said the punctures are the size of a nickel.
And the weirdest thing, to get into the breeding pens in the location that it was suspected to, it had to crawl over an 8 feet fence into my free ranging area where my layer flock hangs out during the day, ignore the chance to grab birds from in my open coop for my layers (there are atleast 5 broodies just laying in the coop easily), and decide to break into breeding pens instead.
So, a quick summary on this animal's MO:
- Killed 12 birds, ate 1.
- Eats everything but legs, head, and back.
- Kills during the day. (Today was 93°F, so a hot day)
- No real damage to pens, no ripped wire, just pushed it's way in.
- Breaks into a breeding pen instead of getting easy birds that aren't in pens, or are in an open coop and just laying in nests.
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