just found our birds killed

[sumi]

This morning when I went out to feed our chickens I found 9 of the ten missing. Feathers were all over outside of the caged area. After looking for about an hour I found one with a broken leg and two babies in a tree. I also found one of my chicken dead in the neighbors back yard. We are feeling really sad today and not sure what we will say to the neighbors when they get home from work tonight.

 

[Pekin bantams]

Today's a very sad day. We walked the dog, let out the chickens to free range (as always) in our totally fenced yard and went out for a quick breakfast. We got home and found that our girls had been killed in the coop and then dragged out into the yard where there were more feathers scattered around. Their breast areas had been partially eaten (their crops?) and their backs were also partially eaten. Not sure what got them -- it was broad daylight.

Poor little girls. They were very sweet and had been wonderful pets for 4 years, especially when we had illness in the family. They would follow us around the yard when doing chores, hop up onto your lap to be petted, loved to sleep in the hammock with us or the grandkids, and generally did their funny chicken antics that kept us smiling.

We will miss them very much. RIP Lady and Amelia. Still missing you too Princess - although you've been gone almost a year, you were the most adventurous and curious!

This morning when I went out to feed our chickens I found 9 of the ten missing. Feathers were all over outside of the caged area. After looking for about an hour I found one with a broken leg and two babies in a tree. I also found one of my chicken dead in the neighbors back yard. We are feeling really sad today and not sure what we will say to the neighbors when they get home from work tonight.

very sorry to hear both of these

 

[CraziChic]

Sorry for your loss!

Wish I could help you know what happened...

 

[nuchickontheblock]

Dynomite Girl,

Sorry about your girls. It is really hard to lose so many at once. Hope it wasn't the neighbor's dogs. That would make it **** hard to be neighborly in the future.

 

[sgtsalt79]

I understand your pain! We had recently started free ranging our very first little flock in our fully fenced back yard and yesterday I went out for a neighborhood walk and came home to find that the neighbors dog had gotten loose and dug under the fence and killed 3 out of our 5 girls. Of course he got the two friendliest ones. They were just getting ready to start laying and were each a different breed. We are just devastated. It's so hard losing chicks you've raised by hand! Hang in there. I am too.