aliusa
Chirping
- Sep 25, 2014
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Hi All!
This is my first time on here. I recently purchased 6 chickens of various breeds. I have nice size coop and a large fenced in run. I'm new to raising chickens so I thought I had all my bases covered--not so.
One day I found one of my chickens missing and several feathers in the fenced in area and outside. An animal dug under the fence and grabbed her. So I bricked and cemented the base of the fence making sure there were no more gaps. I also made sure I put the chickens in the coop and the door latched nightly.
A couple of days ago, because of a death in the family I wasn't able to put the chickens in the coop but they were in the fenced in area. So the next day I went to feed them and all 5 are gone without a trace of evidence! No feathers like before. It looked like someone came and stole them. But yesterday I found large droppings on top of the coop.
Would raccoons, possums, or even foxes take 5 chickens with them without an evidence of struggle, blood, etc?
Thanks,
Ali
This is my first time on here. I recently purchased 6 chickens of various breeds. I have nice size coop and a large fenced in run. I'm new to raising chickens so I thought I had all my bases covered--not so.
One day I found one of my chickens missing and several feathers in the fenced in area and outside. An animal dug under the fence and grabbed her. So I bricked and cemented the base of the fence making sure there were no more gaps. I also made sure I put the chickens in the coop and the door latched nightly.
A couple of days ago, because of a death in the family I wasn't able to put the chickens in the coop but they were in the fenced in area. So the next day I went to feed them and all 5 are gone without a trace of evidence! No feathers like before. It looked like someone came and stole them. But yesterday I found large droppings on top of the coop.
Would raccoons, possums, or even foxes take 5 chickens with them without an evidence of struggle, blood, etc?
Thanks,
Ali