Got a real mystery, what ate my neigbor's chickens???

[deerman]

Keep live traps set year round for coons. Still they show up. Not much keeps them out.

 

[danielbrown]

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Bow and arrows. I would use a broadhead tip for a big coon.
accurate, quiet, and deadly.

 

[deerman]

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Bow and arrows. I would use a broadhead tip for a big coon.
accurate, quiet, and deadly.

not legal in most residential areas, live traps.

 

[citrusdreams]

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Wait, I'm confused: first your friend's chickens and guineas were attacked in a completely closed coop. Then he thinks they were attacked from the outside and pulled right though the bars. What bars? On the windows of the closed coop? Or was the coop open to a run with bars?

Whatever it is, the predator is getting his lil paw in to the chickens. So wherever there are small openings should be reinforced with something strong and smaller than a predators paw. I like to use welded wire with 2"x4" spaces and they make them smaller. Your neighbor can reinforce these bars with such welded wire. That should help with a predator reaching in and snatching them through bars.

 

[rufus]

Electric fence is the way to go.

Rufus