r/animalid • u/f_crick • Sep 23 '24

Darn thing ate our favorite chicken 🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯

Spotted them here coming back for more right in the middle of the day.

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u/outxfmyhead Sep 23 '24

I’m sorry about your chickens :(

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u/Rico-L Sep 23 '24

This is an underrated comment…. Yes I think a lot of us failed to recognize that OP mentioned they lost their favorite chicken 😞

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u/spaceguyy Sep 24 '24

It's always the favorite that gets killed.

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u/RandomPlayer314 Sep 24 '24

How do they know...

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u/augustbluemoon Sep 24 '24

They can smell the extra love, I'm sure of it

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u/KenIgetNadult Sep 24 '24

When the extra ingredient is love, you know it just tastes better.

(Sorry for your chicken OP).

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u/RandomPlayer314 Sep 24 '24

Shit! How do I hide my love for my animals!?

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u/Rico-L Sep 25 '24

Hahaha 😂

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u/envelopelope Sep 24 '24

I wonder if the favorite gets too domesticated and has a less intense prey drive.

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u/DogMeatTheVideo Sep 25 '24

...or fear of predators. I heartily agree that the faves get too comfortable. That said, it's actually COOL that your,(OP), space has bobcats, they need their habitat! Reinforce the coop,( like fort knox), you'll be happy you did when the foxes, raccoons, minks, weasels, coyotes, domestic stray dogs come calling.

I didn't catch whether the chickens were in the coop at the time of demise and if the incident was seen. Is it possible that something else killed her and then bobcat came along?

I keep free range chickens and they go inside my fort knox before dusk, absolutely. After a mink got in one winter I learned just how tight the "seams" have to be.