cooked Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Periodically we loose a 2-3 weeks old chick. Neighbours suspect a feral cat that is wandering around the place, I can't see how it could get in. Would have thought that this may be a snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Look up in the rafters, you may be surprised to see a snake hanging about. We killed three of them recently, and the eggs and chicks have stopped disappearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Look up in the rafters, you may be surprised to see a snake hanging about. We killed three of them recently, and the eggs and chicks have stopped disappearing.Ah. I thought it was a good idea to make a grass roof. It may have to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokchris0967 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 maybe they escaped. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Its a feral cat.. they can squeeze in anywhere. They climb wire get in and out and come back for more till all gone. Even had them chasing Fighting chickens off the nest and taking day olds.. The feral cats even take fully grown bantams.. lost over 100 birds this year alone to cats.. seen them in hen house.. they even get paws through gaps in wire and pull wings off the birds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned1000 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 monitor lizard do this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokchris0967 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 so more wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpy Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Wire won't keep the snakes out. You have to hunt them down and kill the bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokchris0967 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 so multiple layers of chicken wire would not stop a snake? or are you talking about pencil thick snakes? just wondering, as I would like to have some when I retire to our mountain house when I retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpy Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I had some chicks in a birdcage with 1cm openings between the wire. The snake managed to slip between the wires, eat one of the chicks, and broke the spot welds securing the wire getting out. He was a bit fatter on the way out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokchris0967 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Impressive snake !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzydom Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Maybe they just took off to Pattaya with the other young chicks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletiger Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 My BiL was complaining the other day about the "stupid ducks" who poke their head through the wire.....only for a stray dog to promptly bite them off! Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share Posted August 2, 2013 Yeah, these spot welded chicken fences are useless, our neighbour's fighting cock managed to break into our coop and start a serious fight with ours... I saw good old fashioned chicken fencing on Homepro recently and intend to buy. Apart from that the jagged edges are a danger to anyone going in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice555 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 My neighbor lost 3 chickens one night, he came home from work and went to feed them, bot found this with 3 big bumps, couldn't get out of the pen. He got moved to new home at some park. I had problems trying to turn on Night Shot on my phone as this was going on as I have a vision problem when it's dark, and trying to watch out for him and yelling at the cat to get out of the way. 1.is looking down the soi and you see Hwy 226. The long shot is him leaving the dirt moving into the weeds and the neighbor's 80M ahead. rice555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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