Vultures?

[1acrefarm]

Vultures can be predators particularly black vultures. They are increasing in numbers to a point they do not always find enough carrion. They are resorting to making their own. I have to look out at the water tower before I let my chickens out. Sometimes the vultures will be there waiting. http://www.texasescapes.com/ClayCoppedge/Killer-Vultures.htm
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Turkey vultures still rarely kill. Rarely does not mean never.

 

[tiffanyh]

Yeah, vultures are scavengers. They will not kill your chickens. Dont shoot em. Besides, shooting them with a pellet gun may not work. No point in harming or killing an innocent creature who poses no threat to the chickens.

 

[rooster-red]

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Yes.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I will google a pic of a black vulture and if it looks like one of them then I will SSS. Its just so weird how it flew right in there and chased my birds into there coop. It would have got worse if I was not home.

Its like the movie birds here where they go psycho

 

[sunnysidecluckers]

Are you sure it was a vulture because they are pretty big. Some have a 6 foot wing span. It could have been a black hawk of sorts

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I know my vultures. I had one looking at me when I woke up. Big, ugly, looks like a turken but bigger. We have a bunch that sleep in the tree above our house

This is what it looks like

http://www.calliebowdish.com/Birds/TurkeyVultureShaverLake090606_7491.jpg

 

[sunnysidecluckers]

maybe it has rabies

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

LOl like dolphins with rabies from one crazy summer. If it happens again I will dispatch it. I hate killing things but I have to protect my birds from being attacked or having something jump into there coop.

 

[sunnysidecluckers]

well, maybe that particular vulture is sick and is confused. good luck

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Thank you. right now we are building the new coop so the birds are in the house. We will see what happens springtime. Also I will be covering the run to prevent this from happening again