- May 16, 2012
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Does anyone know what would drag a chicken under some brush, pluck feathers and leave with the carcass?
Lost my daughter's favorite bantam this evening. I thought I would be nice and let the birds out for an hour or so because it was Christmas and all.. apparently that was not a good idea... Someone had a nice dinner.
I am in MA and we have every predator you can think of around here. Hawks, coyote, racoon, fox, opossum, owl.... could have been anything. It was getting dark when I found the feather pile so I could not investigate very much but I did not see any carcass. Would a cat be able to do that? I set up 2 game cameras just in case the offender comes back so maybe I will get lucky and get a peek. This happened just before dusk.
It is very frustrating because my guineas are out ALL DAY every single day and have never lost one. I let my chickens out maybe 2 or 3 times a week for an hour or so at a time with no real pattern and I lose one. I am dreading when my daughter asks where "baby girl" is....
Lost my daughter's favorite bantam this evening. I thought I would be nice and let the birds out for an hour or so because it was Christmas and all.. apparently that was not a good idea... Someone had a nice dinner.
I am in MA and we have every predator you can think of around here. Hawks, coyote, racoon, fox, opossum, owl.... could have been anything. It was getting dark when I found the feather pile so I could not investigate very much but I did not see any carcass. Would a cat be able to do that? I set up 2 game cameras just in case the offender comes back so maybe I will get lucky and get a peek. This happened just before dusk.
It is very frustrating because my guineas are out ALL DAY every single day and have never lost one. I let my chickens out maybe 2 or 3 times a week for an hour or so at a time with no real pattern and I lose one. I am dreading when my daughter asks where "baby girl" is....