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What predator did this?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:46 pm
by Satellite
Found this poor girl in the pen today. Neighbour thinks weasel....any ideas? This happened during the day and only on the head. No over the top aggression ever shown by the girls so I don't think it is them.
When checking her out, I also saw this mass. Egg sized. She was always skittish so I didn't pick her up alot to havd noticed it beforehand. Just a general mass?
What predator did this?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:24 pm
by baronrenfrew
A weasel will tear the heads off. Looks like weasel to me.
What predator did this?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:41 pm
by ross
Hard to tell on my iPhone . Is the head gone ?
What predator did this?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:42 pm
by Killerbunny
Poor girl - sorry.
What predator did this?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:04 pm
by WLLady
Awww sorry. Yeah i would bet weasel too
What predator did this?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:33 pm
by ross
This help?
What predator did this?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:34 am
by Satellite
That is helpful ross! Thanks.
The head was still there.
My husband wondered if the mass on her killed her and the other chickens pecked her.
I guess I will know it it occurs again. To my understanding, only quarter inch wire will keep them out?
What predator did this?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 10:00 am
by WLLady
That mass just looks like a fatty deposit. Some birds get them...particularly around the vent...doubt that would be lethal...