KariR
Chirping
I am not sure what to do here. I have lost 2 chickens in the last 2 days. Today our best Rooster was found dead when I went out to feed, fairly fresh as he was warm, with no marks on him. None. Not any at all. We lost one a few days ago who looked like her intestines had been pulled out by something but there were no marks on her body anywhere else. I wondered if maybe that happened after she died? All chickens come in to roost at night but then come out through a side door when the sun comes up and both times the birds had been killed sometime shortly before I came out.
Interestingly though when I found our Roo, after I inspected him I set him on a crate while I finished up some chores, I look back to find our Royal Palm Tom Turkey had pulled him off and was standing on him trying to mate him!! Now....I know it's mating season a little early here due to the mild winter in the PNW, but I wonder if it is possible this Tom suffocated him? And possibly our hen too? Otherwise I have no idea what has killed them and left not a single mark.
Interestingly though when I found our Roo, after I inspected him I set him on a crate while I finished up some chores, I look back to find our Royal Palm Tom Turkey had pulled him off and was standing on him trying to mate him!! Now....I know it's mating season a little early here due to the mild winter in the PNW, but I wonder if it is possible this Tom suffocated him? And possibly our hen too? Otherwise I have no idea what has killed them and left not a single mark.