Thanks everybody for your input! The track was a dog, but it was a raccoon that killed our chickens. :(. I saw it getting into the coop a couple days later and my husband shot it. It was a female with milk sacks, so there are babies to continue on! *sigh*. We have a live trap out tonight and...
My husband woke up to our 3 chickens laying on the bank of the creek dead. :( No sign of mauling/missing parts, just feathers everywhere. The bottom of the nesting box was ripped out, bite/claw marks on the wood parts, and the fence was pushed in on different parts as well as signs of digging...
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I'm totally new to backyard chickens! I've got a lot of great info from here and just joined. Were in the middle of WV and are new to raising chickens. Sadly, my husband woke this morning to our 3 chickens dead on the creek bank. :(. Something tore the bottom of the nesting box...