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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 07:47:56 AM
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I went out to feed my chickens yesterday, we only have 4 left and a rooster, anyway, my little red one was missing. I started looking around for her and saw her over by the door of the fenced yard lying dead. I wonder what would kill one and not take it to eat?
My dh buried her when he got home. We have been talking of getting some more babies this year but I told him not until we can rebuild a better coop and make a yard so that other animals can't get to them.
I know there was a post about using the wood from pallets and that is what we are going to do. We have a lot of them around from the equipment dh gets. |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Mar 08 2011 07:49:57 AM |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 08:12:23 AM
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from the sounds of it Denise she may have died from something internal...it is so sad but they can die at the drop of a hat...be fine one moment & the next dead......I am so sorry you lost her.
oh pallets are wonderful, I try to use them for everything if I can get my hands on them....I like that most are untreated so you don't have to worry about a animal getting sick if they chew on it....they make great roosting ladders as well....just remove every other board & attach it to a wall like a leaning ladder....the hens like it & it works great also to have one out in the run in a sunny spot for them....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9600 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9600 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 09:17:50 AM
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Michele,
Pretty certain from the looks of her that some animal got hold of her. I didn't realize they would kill a hen and then not take it or eat it.
Never thought of putting a roost out in their yard. They do have trees out there and they get on the low limbs though.
She was the only red one.
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 4:39:30 PM
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Sorry to hear that your little red hen didn't make it. Its always sad to lose a bird. I remember last year when something came into the yard and killed our ducks but didn't eat them. I was so mad!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9600 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9600 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 5:12:34 PM
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Amy, when I couldn't find her I got a little panicky and then when I saw her and that something had killed her I was not a happy camper at all. I came in and called my husband, told we weren't getting any chicks till we could build a more secure coop. He said he would bury her for me. What a big baby I am! She was in the chicken yard so I don't know if something went into the coop and got her or what. I didn't hear any noise out there that night and usually if something is going on they make a racket. Dh caught a raccoon out there one night. He took off and so when he came back dh took care of that. Maybe it was another one. Dh did say he thought it might have been a possum because they will kill but not take them or eat them.
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 7:07:54 PM
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well i am so sorry you lost a chicken. i bet it is a racoon. sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 03:59:50 AM
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We go form sad to angry when stuff like this happens
I hate to think of any of my birds suffering at the hands of an aniaml that isn't going to eat it.
We've had stray dogs and ferral cats and possums do this |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9600 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9600 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 11:31:18 AM
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Anna~ that is what makes me the maddest. If they had taken her then I would have known something got her for food but just leaving her was what made me mad. Definitely going to make a more secure coop!
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2975 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 11:37:31 AM
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A weasel will slit the throat, suck the blood & leave the body.
If she looked shredded, that is more likely a racoon |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9600 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9600 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 4:21:16 PM
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thanks for that info Lisa. I didn't know that.
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 5:10:01 PM
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99% of the time when an animal is just killed and left, its a dog or cat, wildlife usually will not leave dinner behind...watch for loose dogs and cats in your yard, or look for prints , good luck...when you re-do your coop, use dig wire going down 18 in or more and dig wire out, to the inside and/or outside 3 ft or more, along with a secure top...
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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