Any guesses from this smudged print?

[Smdoty]

A couple of weeks ago I had something wipe out 6 3 month old birds. One was injured and in my second coop. Whatever got it left the wings and a few feathers. Everything else was gone. It entered through a 3 1/2” x 4” hole near the roof of the coop. There are claw marks on the outside and several smudges and smears inside on the walls. Here is a picture of the clearest print. It’s about 2” from the base of the pad to the end of the fingers. I had originally though it was a raccoon, but now I’m wondering if it was a cat. Any guesses?

 

[dotporter]

Five toes and a horseshoe pad, I'd say a weasel.

 

[aart]

Could be weasel family, size of hole and victims match up.
Doubt its a cat.
Looks like 2 prints overlapped.

Any fur catch around access hole?
Was hole in mesh or wood or ?

Did it happen at night or during the day?
It left all the wings from 6 birds?

One was injured and in my second coop.

So it escaped the attacker and sheltered in another coop?

 

[Smdoty]

It left the wings of one bird and just feathers of the other 5. I have two coops. A main one and one that I started with that’s too small. I use the second one for birds that are injured and chicks that are still too small. A had a pullet with an injury in there. The other 5, I think roosted outside. There’s a pine tree about 30 feet from the main coop and the feathers from the rest were on the ground near that tree.

 

[Smdoty]

Oh and the hole is in wood. No fur.

 

[Smdoty]

Happened at night.

 

[Shorty22366]

Weasel I think.

 

[Smdoty]

Do weasels tend o pass through and not come back? Whatever this was didn’t come back a second time and I’m pretty sure a weasel could have gotten in my other coop.

 

[HappyDancin']

:'( I'm sorry for your losses. What area do you live - I wonder what predators are around.
I think it looks similar to this one...

...and I am not sure what this preadator was, either. Luckily this guy only got into the trash, and did not get any chickens. I didn't think I have weasles on my area, but definitely raccoons.

 

[Smdoty]

I’m in west central Indiana. North of Terre Haute if you’re a Hoosier.