He did come back last night and BROKE INTO CLOSED aviary.. Killed all remaining pigeons and ate just 2 of them. Other 2 I'm in the process of burying now. Headless.
This is really a SAD day for me.................. All 7 gone for good.
They are just a memory now......
Now I have to fortify my chicken coop,
That plastic is no match for their teeth....
@cavemanrich
I'm sorry sorry for your losses. I hope you can protect the rest of your birds.
For everyone here on the Illinois thread who has been following the six chicks I was given by Faraday40 we had a very tragic day here three days ago and sadly we lost three of the six to cocci. For those of you who dont know this is our first year with chickens and this was my first experience with cocci. We rushed to the feed store after reading about it not even sure it was cocci at that point but it was my best guess. We left for the store after the second died and got home with the medicine quickly. We were however too late for the third one who passed in my arms that evening. It was very fast for them all they were perfectly fine the night before then boom they were gone. I'm going to miss them all very much. Their three sisters are still with us and looking much better. I'm keeping a very close eye on them and we have been pushing a raw egg yolk concoction that I dreamed up.(raw egg yolk with part of an electrolyte packet and a couple drops of corid and then mix it all together and strong feed) last night the girls started eating moistened chick starter crumbles on their own again. Before that I had only seen them pick at dry crumbles and eat a bit of scrambled and hard boiled eggs. I have hope for them now and I hope you'll stock with us through their recovery and continued growth. Sadly we lost both the ccl mixes(Juliet and Romeo) and the little black orp cockeral chick(Mercucio). I will miss them all very much.
Here are some photos taken a couple days before they died in memory of the ones lost and in hope for the three little(think they're all pullets) girls remaining.
This is little Juliet with her crest(RIP baby girl)
Little Romeo such a ham I'm gunna miss you buddy(RIP little man)
Little Mercucio I'm sorry sweet baby boy(RIP)
He is in the fore ground of this picture while in the back you can clearly see Ella and Jasmine two of the babies still with us.
Here's little Ella again(the one with the light down around her eyes) she is the one of the three we still have that's been the sickest. The other little one is Cinder who we also still have. She hasn't seemed ill at all.
You better find someone to trap it. It will be back and try and get your chickens. A coon can get in a 3 in dia hole. Just warning you now.He did come back last night and BROKE INTO CLOSED aviary.. Killed all remaining pigeons and ate just 2 of them. Other 2 I'm in the process of burying now. Headless.
This is really a SAD day for me.................. All 7 gone for good.
They are just a memory now......
Now I have to fortify my chicken coop,
That plastic is no match for their teeth....
The problem with Chicago, it is illegal to trap a wild animal or even to set traps. So you have to be careful. Animal control won't come out and set traps unless its in your house.
