I had this chick about 5 weeks old with mom & 2 siblings, well something grabbed it between 3 and 5 pm and I found it under the barn at 6pm where it
couldn't have gotten itself as I have it sealed off with hardware cloth.
SpottedCrow will be kind enough to post the picture below for me. It didn't appear so I figured it out and here it is but thanks anyway.
The predator obviously
didn't eat it and I have 72 adults and several youngsters in that barn group and everyone else was OK. This was about 2 weeks ago and so far since
everyone is fine. The mom, Peanut, is an experienced good mom so I am puzzled. There are groundhogs under there but I don't think they did it. They are
always digging new holes or ....someone else is.
Earlier in the summer I found a young dead baby groundhog in the same spot. There was a bunny with an injured neck like... where your double chin would be... and the day after the chick was killed I found the bunny had died and was just dead in the grass not near where I found the chick. Probably no relation unless something is going for the throat during the day.
Any insight? Thanks much group.
SpottedCrow will be kind enough to post the picture below for me. It didn't appear so I figured it out and here it is but thanks anyway.
The predator obviously
didn't eat it and I have 72 adults and several youngsters in that barn group and everyone else was OK. This was about 2 weeks ago and so far since
everyone is fine. The mom, Peanut, is an experienced good mom so I am puzzled. There are groundhogs under there but I don't think they did it. They are
always digging new holes or ....someone else is.
Earlier in the summer I found a young dead baby groundhog in the same spot. There was a bunny with an injured neck like... where your double chin would be... and the day after the chick was killed I found the bunny had died and was just dead in the grass not near where I found the chick. Probably no relation unless something is going for the throat during the day.
Any insight? Thanks much group.
