raccoon attack

  1. Herittavityuk

    Raccoon attack

    so last night, my hens got attacked by a raccoon that just the other day picked a fight with my dog. He found out how to unhitch the nesting box and went after my smallest hen. Thankfully we heard the screaming and were able to fight of the raccoon, but he put up a real fight. The only injuries...
  2. sofiagrace901

    Raccoon Attack and Bullying

    a little less than a week ago, my buff orpington, kung pao, was attacked by a raccoon at 1 AM. her eye was swollen shut and she had a small wound on her neck and under her wing. all of these wounds are doing very well. she’s opening her eye on her own and it isn’t crusty anymore. now for the...
  3. Morgan282

    Raccoon in duck coop

    kind of a bit of an emergency, I went to put my ducks inside about an hour and a half ago. A raccoon had somehow gotten in their coop. A friend and I have been trying to get him out since then and he just curls up in a ball and starts there. We've left the door open and left it alone, we've hit...
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    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. C

    Raccoon attack, really bad neck injuries

    Hey guys. I’m a newbie chicken owner, my gals have been with me for about 2 months. Tonight a raccoon killed 1 and badly injured 2 of my girls. We usually remember to close up the coop, but tonight was the unfortunate night we forgot. Anyway, we’re really sad, and I’m not sure how to help my...
  5. Emavalos

    Flock was attacked by raccoons... help!

    Hello everyone. My beloved flock of 4 hens was attacked by a pair of raccoons a few days ago just before dawn. One of my hens was wounded so badly, we ended up putting her down at the vet shortly after. The two of the girls were unharmed, but one has suffered a pretty bad gash to her breast. She...
  6. D

    Injured Hen

    **Photo is fairly graphic ** I lost 2 hens to a raccoon attack and had 1 hen survive the attack with injuries last Tuesday night. Her throat and shoulder was ripped up a bit but I was able to clean it up and use a spray on bandage recommended to me. Her eye is also hurt and I’m at a loss. It has...
  7. KHBaker

    Raccoon Issues!

    Today was the first time that my husband and I have seen a raccoon on our property. It was around 6am this morning, and once the raccoon saw our chickens out (we have 6 sex link hens), the raccoon started gradually getting closer. I put the chickens up at 6:30 to get ready for work, but went...
  8. L

    Diet for Chicken Recovering from 1) Raccoon attack and 2) Issues related to Over-ingesting Grit

    Hi All - My flock was subjected to a raccoon attack over a month ago and we have been rehabilitating the 2 survivors. One hen - Rogue, a Rhode Island Red of ~3-4 years old - apparently began ingesting large amounts of grit which we found upon X-ray at the vet (symptoms were consistent with an...
  9. brooder

    Raccoon info? **Warning--Graphic Imagery**

    Hi, For those of you familiar with the predatory habits of racoons, I have some questions. Three days ago, I went to lock up my ducks at about 9:45 when I saw that one of them was missing. I found her feathers strewn at the trunk of an oak tree, and upon looking up, discovered her decapitated...
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    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  10. Albop

    HELP! Is it inhumane to keep this chicken alive? Predator Attack (Warning: Graphic Photos)

    My beloved Lucy was brutally injured by a raccoon 2 nights ago. I only have 3 hens and we heard the commotion and scared it away before it injured my other 2, but Lucy was in pretty bad shape - we found her laying lifeless, noticed she was breathing and thought we were going to have to put her...
  11. Ms. Crazy Chicken Lady

    Racoon attack pleae help!!!

    A racoon just attacked my 2 year old silver laced wyandotte. She is still alive and there is no blood but lots of missing feathers. 1/2 of her beak the lower half she cant move it, only the top half moves, one of her eyes is sealed shut it looks like she might have lost it but I cannot tell, the...
  12. L

    Chicken can’t poop after raccoon attack

    Our chicken (approx 8 weeks old) was attacked by a raccoon on Tuesday evening. She has some puncture wounds on either side of her tail feathers, but it appears the organs are intact and mostly skin injuries. She’s been slowly eating and drinking more, showing signs of more energy, etc as days go...
  13. Sakiza

    What Attacked My Coop??

    Looks like bite marks? We are thinking raccoon. One of our free range ducks, and two roosters (on three different nights) were killed and licked clean. That doesn’t sound like typical raccoon behavior to me since they were not dragged away and only one was killed three different evenings over...
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    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  14. Jennyrose1127

    Hello

    Hello there. I’ve come across Backyard Chickens many times over the last year but haven’t joined until today. I had a mixed flock of 10 sweet, beautiful chickens. They were just over a year old when I lost them all to a daytime raccoon attack on March 31. I’m devastated by the loss. Their run...
  15. Nutmeg15

    Chicken trauma?

    Over the summer, we had an attack in our coop by a couple of raccoons. They killed two Barred Rocks first in the early spring, and while I was on vacation for two weeks with someone caring for my hens, the raccoons killed three White Leghorns, my EE hen and her best friend the barnyard mix, and...
  16. lunathechicken

    darn raccoons

    hello everyone! it devestates me to say last night I lost a chicken due to a raccoon. we believe it was able to open up the cage door and take one (out of 7) of our chickens. we where, however, able to shoot the raccoon in time (sorry if this hurts anyone, but it did kill our sweetest chicken)...
  17. Weldingducks

    coon attack ,badly hurt duck,need help

    Hi guys, Soo coons (I think) got into my ducks last night 2 of them are gone (no trace) my drake is unharmed but my 4th one is in bad shape. Sorry this is detailed and sad. One half of her head/skull is crushed in, her eye is destroyed and her face is mangled -on one side. The other side is...
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    • duck and chicken help please hurt raccoon attack wound care
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. eggbert420

    Two raccoons that won't be coming around here no more

    My wife came in from feeding the rabbits last night screaming get a gun. I asked her why. She replies, there are two raccoons that were trying to get my rabbits , and your dogs got them up a tree. To make a long story short, ill show you a picture. I used a Ruger 10/22 head shots.
  19. TalullaCat

    Raccoon problems!! advice please

    I had some latches on my coop that were not raccoons safe and one got in and grabbed one of my young hens. i changed the latches and thought that my hens were safe even though the raccoons came back several times , despite having some pretty large rocks thrown at it, but just last night the...
  20. Knight Chicks

    Chicken bit in the head by racoon, alive, well but egg color changed

    Hello. Thank you for taking the time to read this. My sweet Lucy - a fog horn leghorn chicken - was attacked by a raccoon on Sunday night. She is recovering inside the house and has not stopped laying eggs. The weird thing is, her eggs have always been tan - not dark brown but tan. Her sister...
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