PeskyWabbits 464 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Lost 2 birds on Saturday night. One was in a nest in some thistles outside the run which is fair enough, natural selection. The other was grabbed and pulled through the bars. Then last night, two hens. One jammed in the bars, as if it was being dragged through and got jammed, the other, dead on the inside of the cage but next to the bars. The run is 30 foot by 12 foot, has a chicken wire roof and sheep netting pinned flat around the ground that starts inside the runnsnd soreads outside there is no sign of entry to the run. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,324 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 I know one thing for sure. I'd be running a 3ft high chicken wire along that a Harris fencing. Blinking chickens love sticking there heads through if there's grass or weeds about. Might have been an opportunist villain. OMO. JOK. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,722 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Polecat /ferret rat ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,324 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Get out and buy a trail am pronto. You'll get one for the price of a couple of birds then you'll find out. Best thing I ever had as regards home fowl. Jok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,324 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Should have read trail cam. Jok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,263 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Fox 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,471 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) If there's a dead one inside then is a small predator, Mink, Stoat, Ferret or maybe a Weasel any of them could walk through that fencing. If it were a fox there would be no head on that Chicken. Think Jok is right chicken wire 3' up the outside with a 12" buried under the turf in an L shape, if you get what I mean. Set a Mink/Rabbit cage trap outside the fence maybe. Best of luck with it Pesky. (Sorry mate for wrong name) Cheers Arry Edited August 14, 2019 by Arry wrong name 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CHEVINFOX 3,537 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 fox , the one behind pallet will have got stuck the other stuck it's head through the bars and mr fox said ummmm KFC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Stoat or weasel, a rat would have tried to pull it under the bar not over, and a fox would have made more mess and once it had a dead bird it would have tried digging or pulling it through the stock netting. i would concur it’s not a very vermin proof pen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 In progress. There is already wire mesh down that is cable tied to the lower bar. The grass has grown through so it doesn’t show. I will put more pictures up as I progress. Thank you for the comments 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted September 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 This may have been the culprit. Caught in a trap 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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