Plucked and partially eaten ... rats?? - graphic -

rizq

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Oct 9, 2008
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Long story short.

A coulpe weeks ago I found one dead 2 month old completely naked, but relatively uneaten. Perhaps a bit nibbled, but whole. Inside a wire dog crate outside the reach of the other chickens. No evidence of feathers.

Second chick, now 3 months old, found dead ... again in closed wire crate ... mostly feathered, but feathers on the ground around it ... head and breast meat gone.

Would rats do this? Or do I need to look for some other chicken killer? The killings appear to happen during the day since the chicks are found outside the coop and they always sleep inside ... and I am almost certain today's chick was present and accounted for this morning.
 
Do you have a trap? I would try peanutbutter or a little canned cat or dog food. Most critters love it.
 
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I borrowed a trap from animal control...am in TN also.

It was even dropped off with a can of cat food which I used to catch the racoon that killed one of my pet cats the night before. Animal control here will not trap wildlife or dispose of any but they will loan traps to catch "feral cats". lol

I hate
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racoons!
 

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