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    Lost 2 hens this week - raccoon? (pic of scat for the queasy)

    Welp, this morning I woke up to a Possum in my big trap. He ate the can of cat food I had zip tied to the back of the cage, after peeling back the lid which I had barely opened. I am suprised, I thought it was a raccoon but apparently not (or, I happened to catch a secondary predator but I...
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    Lost 2 hens this week - raccoon? (pic of scat for the queasy)

    Thanks for the reply! the larger fenced in area is not covered, but the 5x7 area attached to the coop is. There are several trees and a lot of square footage, so I am not sure covering that area would be practical. It's probably 1500 square feet or so. I did some more investigating...
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    Lost 2 hens this week - raccoon? (pic of scat for the queasy)

    Hi folks I joined today in hopes of finding some answers. My wife and I had 4 hens, and have been issue-free for the 19 months we've lived here aside from one monster snake that we had removed (a 6.5 foot black rat snake my wife thought for a quick second was a hose, lol). We keep the 'ladies'...
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