Preditor Attack/graphic pics
I walked out to the pens this morning to check on my birds and this is what I found.... What do you think did it. The bird was still inside the pen when I found it, its head was missing and part of...
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I cant really tell by the picture but it looks like the head is gone. If thats the case I would say a racoon did it. They can rip open chicken wire like butter! Sorry for your loss.Take CareCristina
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So sorry Lydia... friggin coons... http://www.freewebs.com/spottedcrow1066/
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We had a problem with possums doing that. They can get their snouts in easily. Hope you don't have anymore trouble. Make sure chicks don't roost next to sides of pen. You can run double wire just...
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I don't think it was a coon. The opening is too small, and the wire appears bitten off, not ripped open.When a coon goes in, it will typically rip chicken wire apart. This appears rather neatly bitten...
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The bird was sleeping next to the door and the body was still inside the door when I went out, whatever it was tore off the head and half the body thru the wire.www.picturetrail.com/homepage/webbacres
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So sorry for your loss. I hate it when this happens. I am going to agree with FoxTrapper on this one. It sounds like a mink to me. When one was getting into my duck pen that is just about what they...
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My vote is for something in the Mink-Weasel family.Sorry for your loss hope to get the SOB! Owner Of12 Standard HensMy Black Lab Caity!**Crestview Farms**
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GOT HIM.......COON!I still have the trap set because I am sure there are more of them.www.picturetrail.com/homepage/webbacres
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Wow, that is a surprise. Was the bird sitting right next to the fence? There is no such thing as coincidence
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Yes, he was next to the fence. I now have to go out every afternoon and make sure they are up in the coops.The coons weight was 20lbs. He tried to reach thru the trap and grab hold of my husbands...
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Man that is a brave one for sure. Have you cought anymore since then?There is no such thing as coincidence
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No more yet but I am still setting the trap. I am sure where there is one there is more.www.picturetrail.com/homepage/webbacres
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MY guess is a coon, we double wired the rabbits cages cause the coons would grab thir feet and pull them thru the bottom of the cages... so one wire and a second wire three inches below the bottom of...
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My goodness Lydia, you have had your share of predators this year. Lets hope that is over. I would never have guessed coon either. It seems such a small hole but then I know dogs can get in very small...
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I never come on this post lydia for this reason ---I am real sorry--http://sharis-silkies.tripod.com<br>
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It was not my grey, it was one of my nice splash silkies.www.picturetrail.com/homepage/webbacres
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Im sorry about your bird, Lydia, but Im sure glad that you caught the raccoon. We have had birds pulled thru the fence like that, by a raccoon or possum. My DD has trapped 6 possums in recent weeks.Chel
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Darn predators, we had a possom do the very same thing. Sorry for your loss.
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