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I recently had a predator get into my chicken coop and it killed 2 pulleys not as big as my hens and cockerel but the next morning I went in the and I seen the duck scared up too I think the duck fought the raccoon off what do you think the ducks eye was badly hurt
post #2 of 10

Not sure why this is in the peafowl forums... but I doubt your duck scared off a raccoon. My friend just had one break into her main aviary and it killed over 70 of her birds- ducks included- in 1 night. More likely your duck injured itself somehow.
 

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Stop by the Online Crazy Egg Chain thread and see what's up for trade!

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post #3 of 10
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That couldn't of been a raccoon if It killed them in one night a raccoon will only get one maybe two so it must of been a mink or something idk
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Originally Posted by Riceville View Post

That couldn't of been a raccoon if It killed them in one night a raccoon will only get one maybe two so it must of been a mink or something idk

not true. a raccoon will kill everyone in the coop if it has time. and then be dumb enough to eat too much to get back out.

weve had it happen

its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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post #5 of 10
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Well I caught a raccoon a while back and just didn't reply it had marks all over like it had been in a tint howndo you explain that
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Well I caught a raccoon a while back and just didn't reply it had marks all over like it had been in a tint howndo you explain that

raccoons fight for territory and mates just as any other animal will.

to find an adult coon with NO marks or scars on it would be extremly rare esp if it was an adult boar coon.

just because it had marks on it does not mean it came from the duck.

its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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post #7 of 10
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It was a female sow or waterer
post #8 of 10

I would be inclined to believe it wasn't a raccoon. 

they will indiscriminately kill but are less likely to than other predators, around here they like to leave some for the next time they get hungry.  That's not to say it wasn't, but I would investigate other possibilities.
 

post #9 of 10

I had a coon in one night kill 6 out of 8 chickens. It left the two roosters and killed all the hens. Next night They killed my neighbors chickens and came over to my coop to see if they could get back in. It was shot on sight.

Chickens I raise are: Standard Mohawk Rhode Island Reds, English BBS Orpington, Silkied Amerucanas, Bantam Mille Fleur Cochins, Paint Silkies, Bantam Spangled Old English, and Bantam White Laced Red Cornish
Other Birds: Pigeons, Call Ducks, SQ Exhibition Rouens, Fawn and White Runner Ducks, Chocolate Muscovys,  Eqyptian Geese, SQ African Geese, Canadian Geese, and 4 Emus

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Chickens I raise are: Standard Mohawk Rhode Island Reds, English BBS Orpington, Silkied Amerucanas, Bantam Mille Fleur Cochins, Paint Silkies, Bantam Spangled Old English, and Bantam White Laced Red Cornish
Other Birds: Pigeons, Call Ducks, SQ Exhibition Rouens, Fawn and White Runner Ducks, Chocolate Muscovys,  Eqyptian Geese, SQ African Geese, Canadian Geese, and 4 Emus

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post #10 of 10
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The sow I caught was smaller than my duck
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