- HOW DOES A DUCK DEFEND ITSELF - BackYard Chickens
I'm getting ducks on Wednesday My hen was killed by a hawk today and that got me wondering, how will my ducks protect themselves, and or will they be able to? How do ducks protect themselves? Would it be better for me to not clip my mallards wings (i'm getting a mallard, pekin, and a
- How fast can a raccoon break through hardware cloth?
After losing over half of my flock to raccoons in one night, I upped the security of my run by adding a layer of 1 2'' hardware cloth over the two layers of chicken wire If a determined raccoon were to try to break through this, how long would it take? An hour? 30 minutes?I'm not really sure
- Predator proofing a high tunnel conversion to chicken run
I think the electric fence is going to stop the larger predators but possibly not small ones It's a great idea to use it, just consider removing a lot of plastic en lieu of hardware cloth, a under group apron and higher hardware cloth walls
- Mystery Animal Is Eating My Chickens But It Only . . . - BackYard Chickens
What type of animal bites the head off a chicken and leaves the rest of the body? These past two weeks have been rough, three of my chickens got killed, but only their heads were bit off and the rest of the body was ok I really want to know what type of animal it is so I can try to capture it
- what would kill 20 chickens and leave the bodies?
) We just walked out this afternoon to feed them, and we have 20 dead chickens in the coop (3 are completely missing) none are left the chickens look completely intact, for the most part there is a head missing here and there what would do this? we have an automatic coop door, so it opens and closes with the sun there are no broken boards, other than a little blood and the dead bodies
- Androlis Chicken Mite Predators - BackYard Chickens
Just wanted to share some info quick Not sure if this is the best place to post this! I was reading that they sell mite predators in the UK and thought they sounded interesting They're not available in the US yet by my understanding Here's a link to them
- What killed my 5 chickens in the middle of the day?
We are missing 5 chickens three 12 week chicks and two hens (one the mother and then another one) The attack happened around 1pm in broad daylight We live in an urban area but have lots of predators: hawks, bobcats, coyotes, raccoons and mountain lions I found a couple tufts of feathers
- Egg Sucking Predator - BackYard Chickens
We do have raccoon, skunk, weasel, pack rats, mice, all the larger predators like fox and coyote which we've ruled out, and raven, crows, magpies and jays Our fences are tight and only a small animal could get through the fence but anything that could climb could certainly come over
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