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Thanks for clarifying. I guess my source was wrong! Skunk scent can't do both (attract & repel).

I've heard they don't like skunks. Maybe if you can buy some skunk scent and spread it around that would deter the fox.

Hi RedBanks, apparently I have very bad estimation skills! I just went out & measured the biggest openings. They are 4 inches by 4.5 inches. I'm still amazed at the size of the raccoons that fit through! I do know that coons & possums are both excellent climbers, but I think you are safe...

Ok, thanks. I think we have it secured now. My hubby built the second door so now it is a closeable coop inside a covered run. Hopefully, that takes care of the problem.

Yes, the entire top is covered by the smaller spaced field fence and secured very well. We do have a lot of hawks and owls around here & knew we had to keep them out. I put up the trail cam up in this coop/run this evening. It had been on the other side of the house in another coop/run/yard...

I'm not sure how it would have gotten in. All the coons we have seen have been much too big to fit through the openings in the fence and whatever it was was definitely inside the enclosure. Would a small coon be able to defeat a year old Black Penedesenca rooster? I can tell there was a fight...

GRAPHIC PICTURES!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HIDE THEM LIKE SOME PEOPLE DO I lost 1 Black Penedesenca rooster & 1 white leghorn hen last night to an attack. There was no forced entry so whatever it was had to be able to fit through the fence ( some openings about half way up are about 2 inch...

How awful! I am so sorry for your loss! I hope you can find some good replacement hens. I would put a trail cam out so you can see what is coming around.

with 4 of them dead with no external signs of attack I would wonder if they ate something bad for them. Any ice melt or rat poison or anything like that?

Do you mean the call duck was grabbed through a closed fence? When that happened to one of my chickens it turned out to be a raccoon.

It think it was a bird of prey, probably a hawk since you think it happened during the day. At night I would suspect an owl. I know that they tend to leave a circle of feathers and the remnants can often be found beneath a tree or fence post where the raptor perched while eating. edited to...

Ok, we were out later than I thought we would be on June 1st and came home to find 1 meat chicken (cornish cross) gone & another dead. The dead bird was intact but had a bloody back & some deep gashes/slashes about a half to three-fourths of an inch long. The bird was still warm, so I guess I...

No, I didn't notice any poop. I think you are correct though that it is a hawk. We have those around as well. They don't bother the big chickens.

We actually wondered about hawks. The reason that I was ruling them out is that this one was under half of a tarp and in a small enclosure (maybe 6 ft by 4 ft) and we have fishing line strung above it as well. However, we do have hawks & owls, so it could definitely be a hawk.

Here is what I found today when I got home. It use to be a 5 week old white leghorn. I'm thinking possum, raccoon or skunk. We've seen all of them on our property. What do you think?