Kippenboertje
Chirping
I have a strange thing going on in my coop. Last week I introduced my 4 week old chicks to the flock in de the coop. That went quite OK.
Last Sunday I found 3 dead chicks, one of them was beheaded. The head itself was missing. Part of one of them was eaten. Three other chicks were missing completely.
I buried the three chick in a hole in the coop. I didn’t find any place where a predator could enter the coop. It’s closed on all sides and there is a net as a roof.
The only holes in the ground I saw where rat nests. Although mosts rats are gone/killed there are some left. I blamed them for attacking the chicks because nothing else could have come in the coop.
The next day I found a dead grown up hen which was half eaten. Still no signs of entry.
Tuesday evening I found the “grave” of the chicks opened and the dead chicks were gone!!!!
The other chicks were fine.
The last nights nothing strange has happened.
I’m wondering which animal would do this?? It can’t be the rats as they would not attack a healthy grown up chicken and they would also not dig up dead chicks.
I ordered a wild cam to monitor the coop because as long as I don’t know what it is, I can’t take any measures.
Last Sunday I found 3 dead chicks, one of them was beheaded. The head itself was missing. Part of one of them was eaten. Three other chicks were missing completely.
I buried the three chick in a hole in the coop. I didn’t find any place where a predator could enter the coop. It’s closed on all sides and there is a net as a roof.
The only holes in the ground I saw where rat nests. Although mosts rats are gone/killed there are some left. I blamed them for attacking the chicks because nothing else could have come in the coop.
The next day I found a dead grown up hen which was half eaten. Still no signs of entry.
Tuesday evening I found the “grave” of the chicks opened and the dead chicks were gone!!!!
The other chicks were fine.
The last nights nothing strange has happened.
I’m wondering which animal would do this?? It can’t be the rats as they would not attack a healthy grown up chicken and they would also not dig up dead chicks.
I ordered a wild cam to monitor the coop because as long as I don’t know what it is, I can’t take any measures.
