***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Ironsights]

First guess is possum, second would be skunk.  Other possibilities are coon or owl.

I never see owls during the day but regardless, traps are coming out for the others!
I've never known anything that just ate the head. One head was gone except for the beak, the head bitten off cleanly, the other I would have suspected a snake because it was kind of crushed but the head wasn't missing. They were side by side when I found them.

 

[margaret8]

I never see owls during the day but regardless, traps are coming out for the others!
I've never known anything that just ate the head. One head was gone except for the beak, the head bitten off cleanly, the other I would have suspected a snake because it was kind of crushed but the head wasn't missing. They were side by side when I found them.

As far as the head being missing have you thought about a coon!

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: i've alway seen coons do more damage that just the head- thinking skunk or possum




i just post on my porthos, if anyone has any ideas

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1009405/abcess#post_15630735



abcess, tumor?? or pox?

 

[Matt in Okla]

You all seen this?

http://yourdailyjournal.com/news/local-news-5/2252/state-mandates-chicken-registration

 

[artsyrobin]

You all seen this?

http://yourdailyjournal.com/news/local-news-5/2252/state-mandates-chicken-registration

thats not oklahoma, but NC, so we are still safe..

 

[Ironsights]

thats not oklahoma, but NC, so we are still safe..

I'm sure one of these days we'll have "chicken tags " that they have to wear around their little necks

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I'm sure one of these days we'll have "chicken tags " that they have to wear around their little necks

LOL My 9yo son was asking yesterday if we could get collars for his chickens. I asked him why, he said he can't tell his two red naked neck hens apart LOL. I told him I would put a colored band on their legs so he could tell them apart!

 

[Poco Pollo]

A water works employee cut a line around eleven. We're without water, and I'm carrying ice blocks from the chest freezer to the birds. I hope the water comes back on soon. It's too hot out there without drinking water.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

A water works employee cut a line around eleven. We're without water, and I'm carrying ice blocks from the chest freezer to the birds. I hope the water comes back on soon. It's too hot out there without drinking water.

Oh no! Do you have water again yet? It's been 4 hours since you posted!

 

[Poco Pollo]

6:39 and still no water.