Vultures too?!

[SCMommaHen]

As I walked out to the coop this morning a giant black bird took off. It had a good 5ft wingspan. I couldn't see it's head but I'm guessing it was a vulture. It was very low to the ground watching my chicken nuggets safely locked in the run.

I just got my electric fence in and was really excited to get to try it out this weekend. Now I'm thinking I better get the bird netting up first.

I knew they are in the area but didn't think they were a threat. Has anyone had a loss to a vulture?

 

[MysteryChicken]

As I walked out to the coop this morning a giant black bird took off. It had a good 5ft wingspan. I couldn't see it's head but I'm guessing it was a vulture. It was very low to the ground watching my chicken nuggets safely locked in the run.

I just got my electric fence in and was really excited to get to try it out this weekend. Now I'm thinking I better get the bird netting up first.

I knew they are in the area but didn't think they were a threat. Has anyone had a loss to a vulture?

I never had a loss to a vulture.

 

[SCMommaHen]

I never had a loss to a vulture.

Turns out a neighbor's cat killed a wild rabbit and stashed it under my storage building. I didn't smell it until today. The vulture was right over where I found it. Whew!

 

[cmom]

I have never had any issues with vultures. We do have them around and I see them every day. I did catch a vulture once in a live trap when I was after a chicken killer fox.

 

[cmom]

I do have electric wires around my coops and pens, concrete under the gates and good heavy duty netting covering my pens. When I first covered my pens with the netting I ran short so bought some online which was poor. I put it up anyway thinking it would still deter any aerial predator and it did for awhile. A GHO decided it could go through the crappy netting and did and killed some birds. Each time it went through I put another piece over where the owl went through, but it did it again. I moved the birds to another coop and put up a camera. I did replace that netting with some good netting and the owl tried again but this time got caught in the netting. We managed to get it into a cage and a wildlife rescue came and got it. I have previously posted these pics.

 

[SCMommaHen]

I do have electric wires around my coops and pens, concrete under the gates and good heavy duty netting covering my pens. When I first covered my pens with the netting I ran short so bought some online which was poor. I put it up anyway thinking it would still deter any aerial predator and it did for awhile. A GHO decided it could go through the crappy netting and did and killed some birds. Each time it went through I put another piece over where the owl went through, but it did it again. I moved the birds to another coop and put up a camera. I did replace that netting with some good netting and the owl tried again but this time got caught in the netting. We managed to get it into a cage and a wildlife rescue came and got it. I have previously posted these pics.
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Beautiful but deadly. I hear owls nearly every night. My netting arrived today but the rope won't get here until tomorrow. It wasn't that expensive but is polyethylene not nylon. Hope it holds.

 

[sourland]

Vultures not a problem. It was after that dead rabbit. Great Horned Owls - major problem. Get that pen covered.