My dogs did that.....nothing but six small feathers left...didn't think they'd eat EVERYTHING, but they did!!
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Lauren Moore <crested.tern.09@...> wrote:
>
> Sooo, I was gone from Saturday morning until about 4pm Sunday afternoon and
> apparently the chickens (who are free-rangeish) went out away from the area
> where they are kept (in by the dogs for protection) and something ate some
> of them. Henry-Bird, Annabelle, another EE, and the only silver-laced
> looking chicken I had, are gone :-(
>
> I found feathers from an EE and feathers from the silver laced guy but no
> bodies or anything and I did a pretty thorough check around the area they
> were in.
>
> We're in NW PA so we've got pretty much any predator that you could want (or
> not want) - hawks, bald eagles, coons, foxes, coyotes, etc...
>
> Any ideas what would kill 4 chickens and not leave ANY bodies behind?? I
> mean, there weren't really even feathers left... a few small black feathers
> and about a dozen little white feathers.
>
> Thanks for any ideas and ways to keep them away in the future!!
>
> Lauren & 13 chickens
>
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