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[lozerface79]

Ugh, so my chicks have started feathering out already and i still cant seem to correct that ones foot Hes walking fine on it now, im just worried about when he gets older...

 

[kwhites634]

SSS

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A warning shot right behind the front leg usually is pretty effective in keeping them away.

 

[lazy gardener]

finally not a great thing to do....but neither is picking up dead ducks you raised from lings.....it didn't even try and eat then just killed for sport

And, I do agree with you. I would also dispatch such a killer. But, it would be a horrifying experience for me. I can tell you that when I took out a predator last summer, I was pleased to have made the kill. That was one pred that would not be killing an other of my flock members.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Keep what away since my chickens won't eat spiders I found a huge spider in the coop this morning

 

[LittleLakePhil]

hey phil! How have you been?

Had a few difficult days...breathing issues...but otherwise okay...you?

 

[kwhites634]

I smoked some steelhead yesterday....amazing....fish candy

Fresh caught?

 

[lozerface79]

Had a few difficult days...breathing issues...but otherwise okay...you?

I hope you get to feeling better!
I have had an interesting week... So i had a hen go broody awhile ago and shortly after i had two more hens go broody... They all three decided to use the same nesting box....

 

[fire370]

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A warning shot right behind the front leg usually is pretty effective in keeping them away.

Works every time.

 

[kwhites634]

finally not a great thing to do....but neither is picking up dead ducks you raised from lings.....it didn't even try and eat then just killed for sport

I haven't lost any in quite a while, but I'm curious: What would kill a bird & let it lay, totally intact, with no sign of entry into a large enclosure adjoining a shut-up coop, always at night, and sometimes no feathers scattered around? Granted, the enclosure had no top of any sort, and the coop had some loose plywood in a back corner, but the carcasses were always found outside.

That building & enclosure are no longer in use, BTW

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I haven't lost any in quite a while, but I'm curious: What would kill a bird & let it lay, totally intact, with no sign of entry into a large enclosure adjoining a shut-up coop, always at night, and sometimes no feathers scattered around? Granted, the enclosure had no top of any sort, and the coop had some loose plywood in a back corner, but the carcasses were always found outside.

That building & enclosure are no longer in use, BTW

Mink or weasel. But normally they'll kill every bird in an enclosure.