- Jul 2, 2012
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Backround of my neighborhood - it's pretty crappy, ghetto, lots of bad kids and crazy people - but no one but the kids has ever bothered my chickens. And I wouldn't think the kids would go so far as to kill them. We don't have any real animal pests - I live in central, gulf-side Florida so we have racoons, possums, cats galore, and some loose pit bulls. My chickens free range inside my chain link and occasionally go out in my yard during the day, but they don't leave my property. A week and a half ago, I found a pile of feathers near one side of the fence and a broken-neck hen near the road, right in front of my property. This morning, I found another broken-neck hen in front of my car where I park, right in the walkway to my chain link gate where my other chickens reside.
No blood, claw marks, or anything on either bird, just signs of struggle (loss of feathers) and a broken neck. I don't know what to do, other than build them some kind of house.
Any idea what this predator could be?
No blood, claw marks, or anything on either bird, just signs of struggle (loss of feathers) and a broken neck. I don't know what to do, other than build them some kind of house.
Any idea what this predator could be?