It struck again last night!

[DobieLover]

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.

Pictures of the traps?
Did you rid them of human scent?
I'd go as far as to wear gloves to keep my scent off the traps after rubbing all surfaces with something natural and smelly. Bog mud, rotting leaf litter, deer droppings, whatever you can find.
This critter is kicking your butt in this game of wits and your chickens are paying the price. You need to declare all out war and pull out all the stops.

 

[DobieLover]

Is it posting all of the pictures?

Doesn't look like it. I can't actually tell what I'm looking at in the picture that you posted. Sorry.

 

[A.M. Eggs]

 

[A.M. Eggs]

That’s the door where I think it got in.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm sorry to read about the death of your chickens.
I don't mean to sound rude, but a coop that has

The possible entrances are maybe 2”-4” wide.

is not a secure coop!
It seems to me you and your chickens would be far better served if you secured your coop. Even if you screwed sections of hardware cloth over the how ever many openings you have of this size as a temporary measure it would probably give a better result than trying to catch a weasel if that is what's doing this.
Even if you did catch this weasel, there are other predators that could get through such gaps.
Secure the coop, then worry about what you can and can't trap.

 

[DobieLover]

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You can see the weasel hair on the top of the wall.
Cut and staple some 1/2" hardware cloth over that and any other openings for now.
You still want to trap that weasel.

 

[chickens really]

Do you have possum in your area?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

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This is more than enough space for one of a number of predators to get in. It would behoove you to block that space with wirecloth. Sorry, how horrific a scene that must have been.

 

[kwhites634]

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.

I was wrong. No weasel; they have too many toes. Print looks like 4 toes.

 

[roosterhavoc]

There’s a lot of animals that can get through an opening that big. A bobcat, feral cat or grey fox could easily get through that opening.
A weasel is tiny and wouldn’t leave hair anyway lol. Rat traps for weasels not glue traps.
Bobcats will kill a bunch of birds and not eat them.