Help! Mystery animal attacking!

[BigBlueHen53]

Also what is the best why to keep the chick company? It's on grower and it's a rooster, almost on layer i think (hatched around June I think)

You don't want to put a rooster on layer feed, it has calcium he does not need and it's bad for him. Only hens that are actively laying need that. You can keep him on grower the rest of his life, it won't hurt him. All your chickens can eat that., even the hens. Just put oyster shell in a separate container in the coop for them, they will take what they need.

 

[I Love Feather Babies]

Is there a smell they don't like but won't bug house cats? Or something like that?

Citrus. I spray some around things I don’t want my cats bothering.

 

[jbj25]

Is there a smell they don't like but won't bug house cats? Or something like that?

Spent gunpowder

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I've heard mothballs are repellant to felines, but your cats won't like it either.

 

[Yardfulla poopers]

The only way to take care of a bobcat is lead poisoning. We have to get one every year. And if it is female, you have a super fight on your hands. It took us six months to get the last one.

 

[D1N0]

How do I put a video?

 

[D1N0]

You don't want to put a rooster on layer feed, it has calcium he does not need and it's bad for him. Only hens that are actively laying need that. You can keep him on grower the rest of his life, it won't hurt him. All your chickens can eat that., even the hens. Just put oyster shell in a separate container in the coop for them, they will take what they need.

My last roosters where on it the two longest showed no affect (they where like 2 to 3 years old) the younger ones seem fine to.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My last roosters where on it the two longest showed no affect (they where like 2 to 3 years old) the younger ones seem fine to.

Right. The damage to organs is long-term and cumulative. You might only see it in a necropsy in an older bird. It might show up as fatty liver, gout or kidney failure. The heart can also be affected. But you probably would not see it in young birds like yours.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

How do I put a video?

Upload it to YouTube and post a link.

If the vid is of the prints, just photos would work as well.