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    Raccoon attack

    ***Update We lost our girl she died in my arms this afternoon. Drake is still holding on we bought some wound kote to spray on his body injuries not sure what to do about his bill though .He is currently in the bathtub and seems to be running a fever no vetrenarian seems to want to help.
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    Raccoon attack

    No we did not have hardware cloth covering our openings. We also have a lot of trees so I don't know if the wire would be an option but we will definitely be going to get some hardware cloth. On our chicken coop however we have chicken coop wire covering all openings which is where our ducks are...
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    Raccoon attack

    We have lots of trees surrounding the back of the coop and one in front so it looks like our option will be the hardware cloth
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    Raccoon attack

    They were in their house when it happened which has a couple openings but not big enough that we thought would cause a problem lesseon learned I guess . And I think the electric fence can be turned off and on to only use at night. That duck house looks very nice.
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    Raccoon attack

    That's a great idea thank you. I think we may look into the hot wire this weekend .
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    Raccoon attack

    They have their own little house and a large fenced in area with their pool my husband thinks they climbed the fence. We are out in the country so we have lots of coons and possums etc but this is the first time anything has attacked my sweet flock .The chickens are right next door in their own...
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    Raccoon attack

    We tried to take extra precautions to make sure nothing gets in again. Hoping it holds, it has been rainy and muddy today.
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    Raccoon attack

    Thank you, yes I will post some pictures tomorrow when it is light out.
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    Raccoon attack

    Hello, a raccoon attacked our ducks last night we have their pen right outside our bedroom but didn't hear a thing. Two of my sweet ducks didn't survive the attack but the other two did. One doesn't seen too bad she won't leave her buddy's side but he is pretty beat up he holds his neck close to...
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    Sick chick

    Thank you for replying. Unfortunately little Leroy died a few days ago . He seemed to start doing better then took a turn for the worse. We did not feed him any medicated feed and all the others are doing great.
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    Sick chick

    Hello! This is my first year raising chicks and ducks. One of my chicks is not feeling well he is the runt of the group of six chicks and two ducks. He is usually quite active and full of energy but we've recently had a bout of bad rainy weather and today he just stands around in one spot and...
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