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I'm really ticked now...ducks are one thing, but my peahen?!

Discussion in 'Predators and Pests' started by jessaree, Apr 19, 2009.

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  1. Apr 19, 2009 #1
    jessaree

    jessaree Out Of The Brooder

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    I noticed Trixie missing earlier today...hubby found what was left of her head a little while ago! Game on! I might have to sit up all night with a shotgun, but look out whoever did this![​IMG]

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  3. Apr 19, 2009 #2
    Bizzybirdy

    Bizzybirdy Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Awwwwwww...am sooo sorry. She was beautiful. Sounds like a racoon. Hope you get it.

    I have sat outside many a night enraged at what one of these has done. Shot several; so far so good this year.

    All my chickens are locked up at night except for a few free rangers that roost VERY high up in a tree that I put a sheet of aluminum around as a barrier against 'coons climbing up it.
     
  5. Apr 20, 2009 #3
    Attack Chicken

    Attack Chicken [IMG]emojione/assets/png/2665.png?v=2.2.7[/IMG] Hu

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    I agree with Bizzy sounds like a raccoon. Get a live trap and bait it if you don't want to sit up all night.
     
  7. Apr 20, 2009 #4
    patyrdz

    patyrdz The Madd Hatcher

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    Oh, I'm sorry about your peahen![​IMG] I have some and love them to pieces! I didn't know that a racoon would kill such a big bird![​IMG] She was beautiful!
     
  9. Apr 20, 2009 #5
    broomgal

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    What a beautiful girl. So sorry about your loss. Good luck with your mission on catching the predator.
     
  11. Apr 20, 2009 #6
    jessaree

    jessaree Out Of The Brooder

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    Hubby seems to think it was an owl as it was snatched from top of a tree in the middle of the night & found across the road in a field?
     
  13. Apr 20, 2009 #7
    PQ4evr

    PQ4evr Chillin' With My Peeps

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    [​IMG] sorry for your loss such a pretty bird
     
  15. Apr 20, 2009 #8
    cimarron

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    Poor Trixie. So sorry, she looks like she was an awesome bird.
     
  17. Apr 20, 2009 #9
    SpringChickens

    SpringChickens Chillin' With My Peeps

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    That's terrible. I hope you get whatever got her very soon. [​IMG]
     
  19. Apr 20, 2009 #10
    sred98

    sred98 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Sorry for your loss! What color was she? She was absolutely GORGEOUS!! [​IMG] I just lost all my pullets and chicks last week to a dog. It is just devastating.

    It might be an owl, but raccoons can climb, too. Seems like you would have found more of her if it had been an owl or hawk. That is such a shame. [​IMG]

    Shelly
     
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