New to meat birds

[lazy gardener]

I don't know. I know that they are in the southern part of my state. The point that I was trying to make is that many predators will find their way into an enclosure that you never thought it would be possible for them to get into. That print looks more like it belongs to a "Canid" than to a "Feline" species. But, I'm no expert. I bet you could show that pic to a local trapper and get an id.

 

[Betsy57]

@betsy57 this looks like a dog footprint not feline or coon

Not a coon. Print is definitely not right for a coon.

 

[19disbre]

I am a trapper that is indeed a dog and I am very confident about that

 

[Beekissed]

Something climbed my 5' electrified fence with razor wire to get my two ducks and left no evidence except 2 small tufts of down on the razor wire. The print in the yard looked initially like a dog print. Could a coyote or bobcat get over to do this?! The print was big 2 1/2" and as I said, initially I thought a dog. I thought the cat was taken too because he has never stayed out over night but he showed up the next morning scared. He refuses to go out now. The chickens in the yard aren't phased at all but the chickens and ducks were just separated by a 4' fence.

Coyote, front paw....

 

[19disbre]

Coyote, front paw....

Thats part of being a trapper you need to know the difference between a dog and a coyote track a dog track is rounder and has more space between toes and pad coyote track are more of a triangle and very little spec between toes and pad most images are of the general shape but are not quite correct file:///Users/jdisher/Desktop/Unknown.jpeg

 

[19disbre]

oops that pic didnt work if you would like to see it copy it into your search bar

 

[19disbre]

Also coyotes usually don't have as pronounced claw marks as that the are usually more suddle

 

[Beekissed]

Yeah....but this one is carrying two birds.

Makes a 'yote a little front heavy to be carrying game in the mouth, so maybe those claw marks are deeper for a reason. I can't see a domestic dog climbing 5 ft. electric fence and sneaking off with two big birds without leaving more mayhem and evidence behind....nor scaring the cat so bad it won't go back outside. But it sounds and looks a lot like something a coyote has done.

 

[lazy gardener]

Also, there was only one track recorded? Doesn't mean there wasn't more than one coyote. My guess is that there were 2.

 

[KWSRetMSgt]

Hello everyone,

My question is anyone else having issues with their Cross Rock Broiler Meat Birds?

I received my birds of Friday morning 3/6/15 and three right out of the box looked kind of wobbly, kind of expected that seeing they were in there almost two days, and with temperature in the low to mid 20's. Also one of my ducks ordered was already on the brink of death and died less then a minute after being taken out of the box.

An hour or two after placing all the birds into the brooder supplying them with some fresh water and some grow gel (I believe that's what it's called) they all started looking better. Since that point it's been down hill from there. We lost one of the three about two hours later, by the next morning there were five more looking very bad and we lost all five by dinner time on Saturday. Figuring they maybe too warm we moved them to the new brooder house, I built just for them. Last year we lost three because the temps were to high. Now that they are in their new house they all seem better, only to have the situation start all over again. As of this point I have lost 10 out of the 50 I ordered. It seems all they want to do is sleep, several I'm positive have fallen asleep under the heat lamp and ended up dehydrating, thus becoming another victim.

This is my third year raising this type of chicken, I'm confused and irritated not knowing what is causing this. Anyone have any suggestions or are others having they same issues with their meat birds?



These are two were nursing now, notice their both sleeping with their heads beak down directly under the lamp. It's not looking good for these two. I have to force them to drink and eat otherwise all they do is sleep and then die.
KWS