predator attacks

We found one of our chickens whose neck was stripped of all flesh and feathers but leaves a naked spine connected to a fully intact head and the breast down was perfectly fine aswell. This is the second time this has happened, the first time was either at night or early afternoon. The one we...

So, it finally happened. I had my first hawk attack. My flock of 11 is in their run all day and I only let them out when I am there. My broody Sebright hatched out a baby duck and 2 chicks. She wanted nothing to do with the chicks (they are now inside with me in a brooder, happy as can be with...

Ok I woke up this am let my birds out all but one came out went I. The coop found one dead no blood feathers anywhere clean murder scene missing the lower left side of her kneck like it was cut out now I seen a weasel a few weeks back so I sealed any holes in the coop haven't seen any...

My broody duck has laid eggs and has hatched out two ducklings so far, I’m concerned for their safety at night because of a rat infestation that recently occurred. I was wondering if I put them in the brooder for the night for their own safety, will she take them back in the morning? They’ve...

I’ve lost my 2 jumbo Pekin ducks just days apart. I found My first duck about 4 days ago and she was out of her pen when I found her, she was about 20 feet from it. She was missing her feather, skin and meat off her back. She was also missing tail and neck feathers. She had a big puncher wound...

Please delete if this isn’t allowed. I lost my best roo today and I’m having a hard time dealing with it. There has been a local Bobcat sighting at two areas near us and we live right between both areas. Within the days of those sightings we’ve now lost 3 birds in 4 days and the loss of Winston...

Hi everyone. Looking for answers hoping for closure. My baby was attacked and killed. The organs were lying to the right of the feathers. To the right of these was a small short trail of more feathers. Nothing else left. Mostly looks like feathers were plucked however a few of them are broken...

So I had a duck flock already established since 2016, and in 2018 I hatched out more ducklings. I believe it was like 10. Anyway, I ended up integrating, and moving them in with the rest of the flock at my pond, which was fenced off in chicken wire (that was a mistake! they took it down real...

So it’s a long story but we had some weird things happen last night. I have 2 coops side by side. 1 was for full size chickens the other for bantam chickens. Each of them have nesting boxes side by side and they’re separated by chicken wire. The big chickens nesting box has a lid with no lock on...

I just wanted to write a follow up to my thread about my dog killing one of my 6 week old chicks. I'm a city girl with a country heart and now in the hill country of Texas I'm able to realize my sweet dreams of having a cottage/farm. After I watched my dog attack one of the chicks that I had so...

Hi fellow Duck lovers, Its breeding time and our female ducks are laying. There is a large open pond at the end of the communal Gardens (so no fencing). There are a nice mix of both wild, and our own raised ducks living there, and built a house for them to lay in which they are now doing...

I need help, and fast! There’s a predator at my family’s farm that’s killed 2 young kittens, two adult chickens and a baby chick... all of which brutally murdered in broad daylight. We think it is a raccoon, as it ate the head off of one of the chickens... one of my favorites, too... and it...

I went out to feed the chickens this morning and immediately noticed my favorite blue egger was missing. Usually, she greets me at the backdoor and pesters me to pick her up, so it was quite obvious something had happened. I was hoping she was just laying an early egg, but sure enough, something...

Hello, So recently there have been three hawks roosting and flying around my 19 chickens. I do have 4 roosters and a goose but, I will look outside in time to see the hawks swooping down over the coop/run. I was wondering if I should get a fake owl. Has anyone had any success or experience with...

Sorry, this is long. It requires some background. BACKGROUND: I live in Washington State, in an unincorporated rural area 10 miles outside of Vancouver. I live with my boyfriend on a 9 acre property with 2 homes on it. The property is owned by my boyfriend's grandparents. They live in...

Hi! I am desperate. I'm losing a hen every day or two. I have a trail cam coming tomorrow (Wednesday evening) and then I'm out of town for four days! I am down to three hens with multiple predators, I think. I found one hen with just her head missing. Raccoon. The others have left a few...

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've been a able to get on but the past 2 days I've had to chase an eagle out of my backyard that was about to grab my pekin's and chickens. I am surrounded by farm lands/crops so my area always has eagles and hawks around. I've been pretty lucky to say they...

I have had 3 ducks for going on 2 years now. 1 call duck and 2 muscovy. They had a coop in the backyard that they would stay in until winter. This morning they were all outside of the coop within 15 feet of each other all dead. The muscovy were both missing their heads and necks but the call...