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Chirping
I don't know what it is, but there have been three chickens between 8 weeks and 12weeks old go missing by something. I assume that same thing went after my 9 week old duck and caused damage to her eye... it's all happened in the afternoon/evening time (after 4 pm) the first one happened two days ago. I figured she had gotten lost since she liked to wander back by the cow pasture gate, but yesterday evening my dog brought back what was left of her remains. Assuming he knew that I would want to bury her with my other lost babies. All that was left was her one wing and the bones/tendons leading to her tail RIP Ein...
When I went outside today something felt off with my little ones but I figured it was because I was expecting Ein to be there running around with her sisters... but just now my mom who was showing my brother's aunt the chickens noticed that our polish chick was missing and my duck had what looked like dried blood on her face and feathers. So I went out there and looked around and not only is our polish missing but another chick is missing as well.
It is cause for concern for me because I have yet to have a problem with predators and now it seems they are picking my flock off one a day I dont know if it is an owl or a hawk, but I dont know what I can do. I know losing some to predators is something that can happen, but this predator is getting them from inside their pen and making no where safe for them to go. It makes me reluctant to continue working on a larger pen further away from the house where I had planned to house them... Not only that, but also those chicks were almost as big as my smallest dog and that is another concern on top of everything...
When I went outside today something felt off with my little ones but I figured it was because I was expecting Ein to be there running around with her sisters... but just now my mom who was showing my brother's aunt the chickens noticed that our polish chick was missing and my duck had what looked like dried blood on her face and feathers. So I went out there and looked around and not only is our polish missing but another chick is missing as well.
It is cause for concern for me because I have yet to have a problem with predators and now it seems they are picking my flock off one a day I dont know if it is an owl or a hawk, but I dont know what I can do. I know losing some to predators is something that can happen, but this predator is getting them from inside their pen and making no where safe for them to go. It makes me reluctant to continue working on a larger pen further away from the house where I had planned to house them... Not only that, but also those chicks were almost as big as my smallest dog and that is another concern on top of everything...
