#predator

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...

Anyone ever sprayed this around the outside of their coop? TIA!

Hi! I'm just wondering what the most common predator is, that way I can protect the coop against them. So, if you can, answer the poll below on the most common/dangerous predator in your opinion. This is your opinion, it's different for everyone. Thanks for answering!

Both of my Guinea fowls (Gibby and Guppy) have been attacked by an animal while I wasn’t at home. I definitely regret leaving them out of my supervision and I’ll be more careful in the future. The mystery of what killed my guineas stump me. I’m in central Pennsylvania and we have an...

Has anyone ever used this inside and around their coop? I am having a hard time with little mice all of a sudden and Lord knows I👏🏼can’t👏🏼do👏🏼rodents😵‍💫👏🏼 I ordered one of those flapped lids where they fall into a bucket and that will arrive tomorrow. Until then, I have all four chickens in a...

I am new to owning chickens, and started off with 20 or so. After fighting off raccoons, possums (which do kill chickens), foxes and so on, I made a mistake of bringing in a rooster from another flock which had his own illnesses that I didn’t pick up on. Well, chickens started dying daily, they...

This spring I picked up 5 Ameraucana chicks and we built a brand new coop to put them in when they were large enough to be placed in it. Below are some pictures showing the coop from several angles and how it's built to protect from predators. What you can't see is that there is wire...

Hello everyone, I have been seeing some broken chicken eggs outside & inside the nest boxes for the past 2 weeks or so. I didn't think it was serious until I had enough of all the broken chicken eggs I saw. I usually collect my chicken eggs daily, but sometimes if I do forget, 1 skunk (I think)...

Today I heard squawking coming from my free range chickens outside, and going out to look I saw what looked like a ferret chasing after one of my chickens while the other one stood still and squawked for help. It was either a mink or a weasel, I’m unsure, but I’m leaning toward mink. When I came...

They were inside a pen together with turkeys and chickens. When i woke up this morning, 30 of my ducks had died. The skin of their necks were removed. There were tiny punctures (in some) near their butt area. The chickens and turkeys were unharmed. What predator couldve killed the ducks? See pics

Sorry if these are answered elsewhere, feel free to point me to a post. I did a search and wasn't finding exactly what I needed. 1) I have a red-tailed hawk (and bald eagles, owls, foxes, raccoons, opossums, snakes, etc) that live nearby. The hawk is especially concerning at the moment. My...

Today after school I went to do my chickens and I almost had a heart attack. There where a ton of feathers in the coop but all chickens are a counted and unharmed. No holes near the coop nor any other signs of a break in. But one of my big chickens was lossing a lot of feathers. I picked her up...

Last night at around 1am (it’s currently 9pm so less than 24 hours ago) my chicken was pulled out of the coop by a cat. The cat snuck in through the chicken wire that had come installed from the wood frame, and one of my chickens likes to sleep below the roosts in the open. She was snatched by...