Why am I starting to see so many predators?

[Chicken.Lytle]

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x2!

There are plenty of squirrels, rats, dogs, and cats around. My chickens are probably the hardest thing for predators to kill and eat. They try anyway.

 

[aprophet]

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offer them bait before they get to your flock they are a lot easier to trap this time of the year

 

[Wild Trapper]

What others have said - It's winter and all food chain related. Just try to keep 'em safe, best any of us can do.

 

[moonlyghtegirl]

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Ditto..

 

[TeriS]

A few weeks ago, I went out to my coop to close my chickens in for the night and there was a baby possum sitting in one of their nests! All the girls were fine, roosting- just had to go back into the house and gets gloves to pick the baby possum up and remove it from the nest. It really was cute! I figured he thought it was nice and warnm and cozy and had food and water readily available too so how much better could it get?!