Is this a Lynx?

[joe12pack]

An animal has been waiting patiently for my electric coop door to open every morning (and a few times during sunset) and killing my hens. There may have been a hole in my run-fence. I installed surveillance cameras. I first thought it might be a raccoon that was killing my hens. But I caught this animal on video. It might be a combination of raccoons and this cat?

Looks like a Lynx. This is the SF Bay area.

 

[Steve J]

It's a bobcat. Lynx are only up north.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Do you have bobcats in your area?

 

[Hybridchucks]

I think its a bobcat

 

[Steve J]

Yes, we have them I talked to a chicken breeder last year that had one get in his pen and kill 12 chickens.

 

[Steve J]

 

[Steve J]

 

[Hybridchucks]

But why did the bobcat look back? Do u think it feeding its babies. More bobcats.

 

[Steve J]

I have 5 dogs and they keep everything at bay. Put my chicks up close to my house and have the dog fence on two sides of chicken pen. The dogs never showed interest in killing my hens. In fact yesterday my barred rock got over into their side, couldn't find her way back over and I come home she's walking around with them, and they're ignoring her. Strange how they somehow know the chickens are mine and are ok with them.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

You may want to consider how to get rid of the bobcat, before he does major damage to your flock