/ Register

  1. If this is your first time on BYC, we suggest you start with one of these three options:
    Raising Chickens Chicken Coops Join BYC
    Not a member yet? join BYC here & then introduce yourself in our community forum here.

Help!!

Discussion in 'Predators and Pests' started by woolychicken, Jun 22, 2010.

Most Liked Posts
  1. Jun 22, 2010 #1
    woolychicken

    woolychicken Songster

    127
    1
    109
    Oct 3, 2009
    mesick michigan
    do not know what is happing.
    in the last month i have lost both of my male bantums. no feather,no body just gone!!
    do not understand . i have 17 full size birds running around the yard and the bantums roam the barn yard with the sheep and goats and ducks. could it be a hawk? fox? the last few time i just ran to the store for something a when i went to put them away for the night someone came up missing he was their at noon [​IMG]
    thinking i need to make a closed in yard with a net on top for them.where would i get it and who would have the best buy. need advise.
    wooly [​IMG]
     
  2. Jun 22, 2010 #2
    chicks4kids

    chicks4kids Songster

    2,678
    8
    199
    Apr 22, 2009
    Northern Indiana
    A Cat is my guess.......vanished without a trace or even a feather... I'd say cat. I just had 2 chicks that could fit through the fencing disappear without a trace..........caught the cat in the act of hunting for a 3rd.
     
  3. Jun 23, 2010 #3
    woolychicken

    woolychicken Songster

    127
    1
    109
    Oct 3, 2009
    mesick michigan
    i wish i could say it was a cat but i have 2 very large tom cats that are always in the barn, they have been with them since they where chicks and never bother them before. i will keep an eye on them just in case your right . [​IMG]
    i will let you know if i do find them to be the culpurit [​IMG]
     

BackYard Chickens is proudly sponsored by: