It struck again last night!

[A.M. Eggs]

A bobcat is too big. It has to be small and skinny. The possible entrances are maybe 2”-4” wide.

 

[A.M. Eggs]

Can you put a quarter or something beside that track for size reference?
Do you even have a cat?

Yes I have a cat but he sleeps inside at night.

 

[DobieLover]

So it’s not a weasel. Would a cat kill 30+ chickens and not eat any of them?

I think it's a weasel that killed your chickens. It just didn't walk on the sticky traps. A cat did.
Did you read about weasel box traps in the link I provided in post #11?
Read through the entire thread. You need to have no human scent on the traps you set. You should be able to make a few today, get them nice and stinky with dirt and meat/blood then set them just before dusk with some bloody meat and hopefully post pictures tomorrow of the little terror you caught.
I'm seriously rooting for you. Good luck.

 

[A.M. Eggs]

I set traps last night but it didn’t go anywhere near them. I might try and put some pieces of chicken leading into the traps.

 

[DobieLover]

A bobcat is too big. It has to be small and skinny. The possible entrances are maybe 2”-4” wide.

To keep your chickens safe the largest possible entrance should be no greater that 1/2".

 

[Eggcessive]

I am thinking fox now instead of cat, but bobcat would be my second choice. Can you post any pictures of your coop set up?

 

[A.M. Eggs]

I am thinking fox now instead of cat, but bobcat would be my second choice. Can you post any pictures of your coop set up?

I’ll post some pictures of the possible holes with the traps still inside so you can see the set up.

 

[kwhites634]

So I posted a thread yesterday about how 5 of my chickens were brutally murdered. Now I go out this morning to find that there are around 30 more dead on the coop floor. There are feathers and blood everywhere. Whatever this animal is it knows how to open coop doors and sneak in through small spaces. It also doesn’t eat the chickens. It must know how to climb. What is it and what should I do?

Weasle! Set a live trap, baited with one of the victims.

 

[A.M. Eggs]

Is it posting all of the pictures?

 

[kwhites634]

I'll check when I get home later today. The weasel won't strike again during the day will it? And do weasels snap their necks and just leave them?

I had a weasle or rat kill a bunch of quail one time; not a mark on any of them.