Tortorsauce211
Hatching
- Jul 23, 2024
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We had a weird situation where we had a flock of 3 young chickens, 3 young guinea fowl, and 1 adult rooster. The youngsters grew up together and the rooster seems to have adopted them once they started to free range.
This morning between 5-6 am the guineas were attacked and assumed killed. Assumed because their bodies are gone. **Edit to add: there are piles of feathers around. And it appears they were eaten where their feathers fell, one pile contained wing bone fragments** Whatever it was also attacked and killed our rooster (6 month old Brahman). His body is still on the property, he's entirely intact other than missing feathers along his next and some puncture wounds. The three young chickens are entirely okay, other than super spooked.
My husband was awake during that timeframe, having saw them at 5 when he got up then gone by 6 when he left the house for work.
I just don't understand what could've possibly gotten to them. For three birds to be taken so quickly but by something I assume wasn't large enough to carry the rooster away?
This morning between 5-6 am the guineas were attacked and assumed killed. Assumed because their bodies are gone. **Edit to add: there are piles of feathers around. And it appears they were eaten where their feathers fell, one pile contained wing bone fragments** Whatever it was also attacked and killed our rooster (6 month old Brahman). His body is still on the property, he's entirely intact other than missing feathers along his next and some puncture wounds. The three young chickens are entirely okay, other than super spooked.
My husband was awake during that timeframe, having saw them at 5 when he got up then gone by 6 when he left the house for work.
I just don't understand what could've possibly gotten to them. For three birds to be taken so quickly but by something I assume wasn't large enough to carry the rooster away?
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