On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:04:17 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> Keeping chickens isn't all fun, all of the time (as with any livestock
>> or even domestic pets).
>
> The worst problem I had around here was raccoons and possums. Locking
> the hens in to a secure henhouse every night (or building a Fort Knox
> enclosed chicken run) would protect them for the most part, but finding
> a headless hen in the AM is no fun. :-(
>
Yup. A mongoose (probably with youngsters of its own to feed) was our
problem. Before we had the hen house "secured" it got 7 of the youngsters
when they 5-6 weeks old. Anyway, if/when we start over with another bunch
of 4-week old chicks (probably once the older ladies have all gone to
Chicken Heaven) we should be OK.

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy