Yeah most of you were right! It was indeed a fox, saw it down where I found the bodies a couple days ago. Haven’t lost any since I posted, but they are in their run and have been since then. (sometimes they get supervised free range)
I’ve had chickens for about 8 years and have seen my fair share of predator deaths but yeah i’ve definitely been pretty lucky, I had a run in with a fox a couple of summers ago and lost a few birds to it and of course it’s constant battle with hawks which i’ve also lost some to, and sneaky...
Oh nooooo :barnie I’ve only dealt with a fox one time before it was two summers ago and it was a complete mess, the only thing is don’t they usually remove the heads?? and come back for more chickens?? Like it really could’ve had a free buffet so it taking only one would be crazy to me.
I have a flock of about 60 chickens who free range all day everyday, im surrounded by some woods which unfortunately some of my chickens seem drawn to. 1 1/2 weeks ago when I did a head check at night I noticed one of my marans was missing, I went looking for her in my barns and some of the...