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Posted: 7/5/2019 11:08:49 PM EDT
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A big box trap baited with that chicken would be nice. Or if pets and legalities non a concern, a conibear attached to a bucket with that chicken in the back. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Something got another hen. I followed the feathers and found her. Dense woods near a rotten tree stump. Any ideas? As fucked up as it soinds I dragged her put and set her remains by the coop. Sitting here with a shotgun in hand and pistol on the hip. I need to get rid of this predator. 
ETA: head is missing and was taken early morning (8am or so) 3-4 hours after sun rise.  |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 12:24:41 AM EDT
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Something got another hen. I followed the feathers and found her. Dense woods near a rotten tree stump. Any ideas? As fucked up as it soinds I dragged her put and set her remains by the coop. Sitting here with a shotgun in hand and pistol on the hip. I need to get rid of this predator.
ETA: head is missing and was taken early morning (8am or so) 3-4 hours after sun rise. That's really strange. |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 1:07:09 AM EDT
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that and put a trail cam by the coop, if you followed the feathers that rules out birds of prey and it's likely something big enough to carry he bird in its mouth. Probably a fox, bobcat or yote, my money is on a fox. go back where you found it and looks for holes in the ground for a den entrance, find it and its a fox. But if they're hunting, they're hunting to eat (unless it's a domestic cat) So they should have taken more than the head. Birds of prey normally leave ONLY feathers, not the headless body. And none of those three normally hunt in the daytime unless they have babies to feed and are desperate. |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 7:37:57 AM EDT
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In the daylight? That's really strange. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Something got another hen. I followed the feathers and found her. Dense woods near a rotten tree stump. Any ideas? As fucked up as it soinds I dragged her put and set her remains by the coop. Sitting here with a shotgun in hand and pistol on the hip. I need to get rid of this predator.
ETA: head is missing and was taken early morning (8am or so) 3-4 hours after sun rise. That's really strange. Yup, i'm betting that Bob cat we saw about a month ago is back. The rest of my chicken was found by a hollow tree stump kind of "scratched" into the dirt. ETA: what ever it was cam back last night. Hopefully I caught it on the cam |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 8:23:16 AM EDT
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Nothing on the trail cam but a opossum. The hen's carcass is gone this morning though. What ever it is is slick enough to not get caught by the cam. I'm going to reposition the cam on the coop for a few day and see what I find, till then the 2 hens I have left will be locked up.
Oh, I think it got my rooster too. He disappeared Thursday night but came home yesterday morning. Was gone last night and nothing this morning. Maybe that is why they didn't finish the hen. |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 9:04:39 AM EDT
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Nothing on the trail cam but a opossum. The hen's carcass is gone this morning though. What ever it is is slick enough to not get caught by the cam. I'm going to reposition the cam on the coop for a few day and see what I find, till then the 2 hens I have left will be locked up. Oh, I think it got my rooster too. He disappeared Thursday night but came home yesterday morning. Was gone last night and nothing this morning. Maybe that is why they didn't finish the hen. |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 9:09:56 AM EDT
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The possum is probably your culprit. They’re renowned chicken murderers. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nothing on the trail cam but a opossum. The hen's carcass is gone this morning though. What ever it is is slick enough to not get caught by the cam. I'm going to reposition the cam on the coop for a few day and see what I find, till then the 2 hens I have left will be locked up. Oh, I think it got my rooster too. He disappeared Thursday night but came home yesterday morning. Was gone last night and nothing this morning. Maybe that is why they didn't finish the hen. Oh and the hens carcass was gone before the opossum showed up at 2:30a. |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 11:31:26 AM EDT
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My bet was cat, fox or skunk. But if they're hunting, they're hunting to eat (unless it's a domestic cat) So they should have taken more than the head. Birds of prey normally leave ONLY feathers, not the headless body. And none of those three normally hunt in the daytime unless they have babies to feed and are desperate. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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that and put a trail cam by the coop, if you followed the feathers that rules out birds of prey and it's likely something big enough to carry he bird in its mouth. Probably a fox, bobcat or yote, my money is on a fox. go back where you found it and looks for holes in the ground for a den entrance, find it and its a fox. But if they're hunting, they're hunting to eat (unless it's a domestic cat) So they should have taken more than the head. Birds of prey normally leave ONLY feathers, not the headless body. And none of those three normally hunt in the daytime unless they have babies to feed and are desperate. |
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Posted: 7/6/2019 1:29:35 PM EDT
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I couldn't see a opossum taking out a full grown rooster and hen then dragging the hen 50-75 feet in broad daylight then through thick, thick brush. Oh and the hens carcass was gone before the opossum showed up at 2:30a. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nothing on the trail cam but a opossum. The hen's carcass is gone this morning though. What ever it is is slick enough to not get caught by the cam. I'm going to reposition the cam on the coop for a few day and see what I find, till then the 2 hens I have left will be locked up. Oh, I think it got my rooster too. He disappeared Thursday night but came home yesterday morning. Was gone last night and nothing this morning. Maybe that is why they didn't finish the hen. Oh and the hens carcass was gone before the opossum showed up at 2:30a. |
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Posted: 7/9/2019 6:05:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2019 10:25:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2019 10:43:35 PM EDT
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Smoke that bastard.
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Posted: 7/10/2019 12:34:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a poster in GD put it: "If chickens could grow to 100 lbs, after a while, the Earth would be populated solely by 100 lbs chickens."  That's kind of scary. |
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Posted: 7/10/2019 1:29:27 PM EDT
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Last one I shot two on back to back nights but the second puked eggs everywhere when shot. I think it was sneaking in just eating eggs, WTF? Egg counts had been down for a while and we couldn’t figure it out, counts went back up after that thief got removed.  Attached File |
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