SOMETHING GOT MY CHICKENS

[muskrat24]

Something got my chickens. I raise them for our county fair and bought 20 and my sisters each bought 10 for a total of 40, and all but 4 are gone. I had something get a couple hear and there and then last night I lost 24 of them. All gone in one night . All that was left was a foot and some feathers. When I catch the theif I'll post pics. I don't know what it can be but I think it is either a pack of coyotes or coon. Has any one lost that many chickens in one night. Sad thing is these were broilers wieghing around 4-5 pounds apiece.



Muskrat24

[Admin]

Holy jack mackeral Muskrat That must of been one heck of a feeding frenzy

[muskrat24]

The really sad thing is when we sell them it is in a pen of four birds and those four birds go for $200. $50 a piece. That would be a profit of average $170 each and total for 12 birds getting $510 profit. Then we would take it to a small town fair and sell three birds there for $50 which covers all cost of food and housing, and bedding. All in all myself and my sisters lost around $500 dollars. I think I got the math right. I am so mad I have 10+ traps around the area and look forward to finding the culpart (spl?) My real fear is if it turned out to be someones coon dogs, that they let run around. Cant kill the killer and I don't see someone paying for the loss.

[Admin]

Tough situation. I hope you catch the culprit and it's a yote and you can seek retribution

[bigpat]

Good luck.

[Nutso]

When I was a kid, we would raise chickens to eat every year. Every once in a while the neighbors dog would get loose and kill a bunch of them. I feel for you bud.....there's nothing like seeing a whole lot of work go down the drain.

[muskrat24]

I caught 3 coon. All caught on canine bait. I took some canine meat bait and put some in my box traps and in the middle of the pen and found them their this morning. They were coming to finish off the remaining 4. I moved them though so they are fine. Thank you guys for the luck.





Muskrat24

[Admin]

Glad ya nailed them buddy. Hey did you take any pictures of the mass kill site? That would have been great stuff to show to defend trapping.

[8ducks]

Good job muskrat ;D

[bowhunter1970]

Glad to hear you nabbed em! ;D

[muskrat24]

Actually there are more coon. I know this because a dead chicken I got from a friend I set out their was missing. As far as the killed chickens. There was nothing left to show a pic. All the birds were carried away. Only a leg was left and the coon I caught for some reason ate it???. Thanks for your guys support and moral boost.




Muskrat24

[bigpat]

Glad you got'em. Good job!