Not that I know of. I've never seen a stray dog. I have seen a stray cat. The people next door rent their house on AirBnb, so that's a potential problem. I realized that I will need to talk with them to make sure no guests lets dogs roam free.
bets are off the table. There just ain't no damn tellin.
That's less expensive than I thought a camera would be! Thanks!
Good to know about coons! I thought I only had to worry about owls at night. Could have been an owl, then. We also have a lot of hawks around. A local friend lost many chickens to a bobcat.I was about to say that from looking at that pic, it wasn't a coon, or its head would be gone. Coons love chicken heads. Wasnt a fox or coyote or it would have took the carcass to bury, stash, or hide in a tree. Bobcat would have took the whole body. But around here, Owls will kill day or night with opportunity, and they usually eat the neck and shoulders first, then come back later to work on the rest.
But when it comes to predators, all
The other side was also partially eaten. I thought I may have disturbed whatever was eating her when I went to look for her. I also heard that when chickens get bigger hawks don't go after them. I know that's not true because a friend who had full grown chickens lost one to a hawk. It cut her throat which killed her instantly. My friend saw it happen. We got her body before the hawk came back. Thanks for the good wishes!
My guess would be a cat or a dog since it happened during the day.
I bet it was a cat, because a dog probably would’ve killed more than just one and probably wouldn’t of eaten it.
Thank you! Those are great photos! It will be interesting to see what's going on out there in the night! We had a bear get into a bee hive a few years ago. I've never seen a fox, but that doesn't mean they're not there. My son shot a raccoon that was lurking around in the daytime last year. He thought it might have been rabid. I'm ordering the fence!
