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what is going on.????

Discussion in 'Predators and Pests' started by adorable, Aug 31, 2009.

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  1. Aug 31, 2009 #1
    adorable

    adorable Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Last night something got into my barn and took 2 baby chicks and eat the head off out and the insides. But the think is It dug under the barn floor and along the wall where the cement mets the outside walls.Made like a tunnel and rocks everywhere ,so it was digging. And got into the pen with the 2 mothers with 20 babies chicks under them for the night. The mother hen lost some feathers and all of her tail feathers. I dont know what it was. But i do know that it was small. Well i think. My husband made a live trap ,,I am moveing all the chicks and hens to a cage for the night and out in the morning. Untill i caught this thing,,,, Any suggestions on what it might be. I have other chickens in the barn.Nothing else was touched. but babies.
     
  3. Aug 31, 2009 #2
    cmom

    cmom Hilltop Farm

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    Hopefully the trap will catch whatever it is. I had something getting my eggs. I put a camera in my coop and discovered Rats. I put some Decon and a Rat Bar I got from TSC under the floor where the birds can't get to. I found a dead Rat under my wood pile, (also where the birds can't get to it) so at least one down.
     
  5. Aug 31, 2009 #3
    adorable

    adorable Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Good one. I dont have a camera.But i will get it sooner or later.[​IMG]
     
  7. Aug 31, 2009 #4
    Capone

    Capone Chillin' With My Peeps

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    where do you live, do you have weizles
     
  9. Aug 31, 2009 #5
    LeBlackbird

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    Weazles can get through the smallest spaces, and a common thing to look for is the head eating. [​IMG]
     
  11. Aug 31, 2009 #6
    Bizzybirdy

    Bizzybirdy Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Racoons eat the heads and insides. Make sure the cage you put them in for the night has VERY small wire, 1/2" or less or they will be pulled through in pieces if it is a racoon. Also put a lock on the door, they are adept at opening doors and gates too.

    Awful things!
     
  13. Aug 31, 2009 #7
    shelleyd2008

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    With it being baby chicks missing, I would also think it's rats. We have terrible rats here, and that's what usually happens.
     

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