We are wondering what predator got them, they just disappeared. All of this is to say that with proper planning and care, it’s possible to give them quite a bit of freedom without fully free ranging them, and that can greatly improve quality of life.My friend keeps an Osterige to guard his chickens and sheep. All of my cats, however, study baby chicks with great interest, so I keep the chicks inaccessible.This wild feline is about twice the size of a house cat, and frequents rural, suburban, and occasionally urban areas. Free ranging never ends well and as Janet mentioned, in the long run, it’s probably less expensive to build a nice run than to keep losing chickens – besides the heartache factor which to me isn’t calculable. mine died after getting run over by a car ,but he was 15 years old & deaf.We just lost 4 ducks in one night but no trace at all…no feathers, no carcass or any remains. Dismantled on the spot makes me think coyote. We need your amazing chicken photos for our 2021 Calendar! That’s when I realized that my chickens were disappearing from their sleeping area in the fenced in coop. Of couse the first two can climb and weasel their way through tight spaces. Wonderful article and very informative. I am heartbroken I don’t know what to do I have baby geese that I have inside the house that need to go out and I’m terrified because they’re only two months old they’ll be eaten immediately I’m just at a loss of what to do now.Hi Janet. Thank you also Janet for this excellent and informative sight. Keep your birds in a very secure coop for a week or two, until your visitor is gone. They are around 10 months old. Western coyotes are much smaller (and therefore tracks and scats are smaller), more solitary, and focus on smaller prey, such as rodents and rabbits. No tracks that we could find.Sorry to hear that, Jamie. Sounds to me she was grabbed by a hawk but got away.Possably a young Cooper`s hawk Foxes seem to have trouble just penning down and killing bird in one spot and tend to take it away from kill sight for subsequent processing and consumption. MaryVery sorry for your loss. You must log in or register to reply here. thanks for this helpful post.OH no! Just a little blood. It only happened once and once was all it took. It doesn’t add up.Could you please email me to see if you can help me determine what killed my chickens?Just lost 4 young guenneas, 3 young turkeys and a young hen last night, looks like it dug about 2 inches under our enclosure and about 3 inches wide and just killed them all didn’t eat any of them. We found a rat’s nest against one of our bottom walls outside of the carport and we noticed at least 3 rats were living in this nest but were unable to dispose of them. Once, when I surprised one "in the act" it took off and left a chicken with a broken neck. Complete free ranging is a losing battle, imo, but if you can fence in a large area they can still have access to wild forage, but won’t walk into the mouths of predators. I thought maybe a hawk, so I put out a scarecrow, I moved every other day. So when all is said and done all you see is the pile of feathers. I’m sorry to hear you have suffered so many losses! I don’t ever let mine completely free range anymore, but in good weather, I do let them run around for about 1/2 the day in a large (1/3 acre) yard that is fenced (not covered). Even bobcats and coyotes steer clear to avoid butt chewing dogs apply. Our dog used to guard them, but not much now due to cataracts, & oomph. Bears are quite strong and could demolish most chicken coops, so do consider electric fencing. Weasel tracks are very similar, but smaller.Tracks and trails look like miniature versions of fisher tracks and trails. We just received Predator Friendly certification and I will post all about how we deter predators in the coming weeks.

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