Predators
No matter how careful you are, you are almost certain to get a predator attack at some time. If you free-range your birds, it is just something that you have to come to terms with - it WILL happen.
Links
Predator-specific links are on the relevant pages.
US Animal Laws, including on trapping and hunting
Links
Predator-specific links are on the relevant pages.
US Animal Laws, including on trapping and hunting
What Killed My Chickens?
| Clues | Animal |
| Several birds killed; mauled but not eaten | Dog |
| Several birds killed; lots of small bites on body, bodies neatly piled, some heads eaten | Mink or Weasel |
| Several birds killed; heads and crops eaten | Raccoon |
| One or two birds killed; mauled, abdomen eaten | Opossum |
| One bird killed; head eaten | Hawk |
| Several birds disappeared, no trace | Humans |
| Missing limbs, birds inside fence | Raccoon |
| One or more birds dead / missing; no more than one removed; pile of feathers; those not removed with broken necks, clumps of feathers taken from neck | Fox |
| Chicks killed; abdomen eaten, lingering smell | Skunk |
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