Today, when I checked the coup to see if there were chickens in there. There were only my rooster who normally sleep in there, and my two small hen. All in the highest corner perch. Which is strange for them. My 4 chickens a rooster and 3 hens. They weren't in the three animal coups. Not on there out door perches where some sleep for what ever reason. Those perches were actually broken. My three hens and rooster had just up and vanished. No feathers, no struggle, but they the living ones were acting strange. I had chickens vanished as chicks and not come back. Any ideas of where or what could of taken them.
Hey so these were the strange things I found near or with the fence. Non of us drinking monster and no chicken could break that straw wire and the goats don't mess with the perches. And the fence was strangely pulled up or dug under in some spots. So these are all my photos. The Bungie is suppose to hold the bottom of the old gate and it's not on. Also the baby chicken roof (the cement boards) for out side was broken.
I put it right by the fence bend which is near the monster can. Down low out of sight of two legged creeps and catch any four legged predators. Along with that I put a second trail cam on a cardinal nest I found with eggs in it. Don't worry I didn't touch the nest or seriously bothered mama. If you would like to see those chicks journey I would love to share the photos when I check the cams.
You know we love photos of any kind. Well, maybe not questionable ones. I've got a wren nest right inside of the man door of the garage right at eye level on a shelf. I've been watching peeps going from being nothing but big mouths to lovely little birds. But I can't get good pics of what is going on with them.
Ok well I put down a new cam on the one on the fence bend all I got was goats. On the bird cam I saw the male cardinal, Leo, give his girlfriend caramel, some food. And on the new cam in the woods I caught a raccoon. Here's the photos
Actually they haven't shown up and I caught a fox on one of my game cams squeezing into the chicken fence. We fixed that place and clip the remaining chickens wings. But they keep ecaping. Any Ideas how to stop them?
Glad you're not mad at me but you needed a little kick. Some of us do want to know what is going on.
Isn't your run open on top? Fox can climb like nobody's business. Closing that area up won't stop one from getting in over the top. With all the damage I still think it was humans that helped themselves to some free birds.
Well we never seen a fox climb are fence and it's like a really really big pen we can't exactly close it plus they share the pen with the goats. Also the fox doesn't usually climb it goes under or through here
Goats! Why didn't I think of the goats doing the damage? I've had goats, I know what they can get into. I wonder if your goats will protect the chickens from the fox.
Guineas can only work if they're allowed to free range during the day and are trained to go up at night.
They will, as a flock, go after interlopers. They just have to see it.
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