my birds are disappearing

[kmclay]

I'm pretty freaked out because something is very wrong with my flock(s). I had 2 male geese and 1 female, 1 male turkey and 1 female, and one rooster (banty, little guy) and maybe 15 hens. The female goose disappeared, the female turkey disappeared, and several chickens are gone as well. Yesterday, I walked into the chicken house and found our Barred Rock chicken on the floor with two awful bites taken out of her back. I put her up in a nest, and tried to take care of the wounds, but she died.

My dilemma is: is this the same thing? We thought coyotes were responsible for most of them, but what is up with the chicken on the floor of the hen house?

I am worried that our geese (two young male geese) are attacking the chickens since the female goose went missing. Do geese kill chickens? How could a chicken possibly get away from a coyote? It's a mystery and any advice is sooooooooooo welcome. I love the geese, but they can be mean mean mean.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

sorry for your loss

yes geese can be mean as far as your predator sorry can't help you.

 

[kmclay]

Thanks. I'm awaiting more replies; but I can't believe how many people are on this site now. Wow. I'm about ready to grant my husband permission to shoot coyotes. I never ever never ever thought I'd see that day.

 

[bobbi-j]

Yes! By all means, let your husband shoot the coytes. They are predators and will get your birds. To be honest, when I started reading your post about the birds disappearing my first thought was coyotes. Could be a young one that had your hen and accidentally let her go and she made her way back to the coop.