holes dug under chicken coop ID?

[ChickenHobbyFarmer]

Hi everyone. I needed to get some information. I have seen a raccoon, a possum in my chicken coop area & caught one possum with a trap. My new visitors are smart and I haven't been able to trap them & now something has dug a hole under my coop. the hole was about 3 inches in diameter and at least 3-4 foot deep.Does anyone know what it could be?

 

[Kiki]

If you have seen both a raccoon and an opossum already it is probably one of those coming back for free food.
Get the holes covered up asap before they break in.

Burying hardware cloth a foot deep all the way around should help keep them out.

 

[venymae]

If you have seen both a raccoon and an opossum already it is probably one of those coming back for free food.
Get the holes covered up asap before they break in.

Burying hardware cloth a foot deep all the way around should help keep them out.

I somehow doubt a raccoon/possum could dig a 3 INCH in diameter hole that was 3-4 feet long! But, I have been wrong before!

@ChickenHobbyFarmer do you have weasels in your area?

 

[Lamaremybabies]

That size hole maybe a weasel or similar creature. I have pieces of two foot chicken wire running along the ground around the coop. Animals aren’t usually smart enough to back up that far and go under.

 

[Kiki]

At the end of the day it won't matter what actually dug it.
It will be back.
You have to prevent it happening again.
(That was my original point)

 

[Lamaremybabies]

At the end of the day it won't matter what actually dug it.
It will be back.
You have to prevent it happening again.
(That was my original point)

Yeah, if one thing is for sure any animal who thinks they’re found where to get free food will keep coming until it either gets to be too much work or flat out impossible... reminds me of my family members.

 

[venymae]

agreed!

 

[ChickenHobbyFarmer]

I somehow doubt a raccoon/possum could dig a 3 INCH in diameter hole that was 3-4 feet long! But, I have been wrong before!

@ChickenHobbyFarmer do you have weasels in your area?

I don't think we have weasels. Never saw one.

 

[Kiki]

I didn't think there were rats in my yard either.

Build it and they all (any nasty critter) come.

 

[ChickenHobbyFarmer]

I didn't think there were rats in my yard either.

Build it and they all (any nasty critter) come.

It could be a rat. My chickens would kill & devour it if it came out during the day.