Rural Gardening: Bantam Nests, 1 by kassy_51

kassy_51 wrote:
Way to go Sherry, I was going to suggest a live trap. You can always take them away from your property then and drop them off.
You had cats kill chickens? WOW, we have never had that here. Our leghorns walked a cat out of the yard when they found one, as if they were telling it, "you don't belong here".......LOL
Neighbors cats have come to visit us, and don't even look at the chickens. (I'm talking full grown chickens here). When there chicks, nothing has a chance to get to them :)
Friends that have chickens have fround a opossum in there nexting box taking a nap, after killing some of there chickens. We did have a hawk land at one time, and almost got one of our girls when they were allowed to roam free. My boyfriend acted fast and he went after the hawk and it took off.
We have seen coyote foot prints in the mud by the chicken coops. They came in at dark to check, but couldn't get to any of our girls :)
A fox that was building a den about 50 feet from us, well lets just say, he is no longer around.
We have rabbits around, but I really don't think they would bother the chickens.
And I have never seen a rat there, but that doesn't mean they aren't around. Most places that raise chickens will have them because the food draws them.
Oh, and we have chipmunks, but they never bother the chickens or the eggs. They are just there for the food, and they like to plant it, because at times we have a corn growning in the middle of the lawn.
This little girl never would have botherd the chickens. She was checking to see what it was, but she never would have hurt it. She was 16 years old.