Predator help!!

[SunHwaKwon]

it didnt get through the panels because the holes are only 1 inch wide it somehow found a hole somewhere

Oh okay I googled pig panels and it came up with something different from what you are describing. Is the run covered? Are they inside a coop at night?

 

[dekel18042]

It sounds like a raccoon perhaps. Where are you located (so we can know what predators are common to your area)? I suggest you post this in the predators section: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/13/predators-and-pests

I know of two cases where a raccoon was so large that on a live trap it could press the door down without being totally inside, grab the bait, then back out. In that case you can go to a larger trap or place the bait at the far end of the trap. We've found raccoons love tuna fish and cat food. You may also have more than one predator, either two different ones or two of the same kind if it is coming back after eating poison...or it didn't eat enough.

 

[N F C]

Sorry for your losses. I hope you can find some answers on the predator forum.

 

[redsoxs]

Hello from Kansas, quaildail1, and

! Pleased you joined our community! Sorry to hear about your predator issue - hope you get it resolved soon! Best wishes and thanks for joining BYC!!

 

[drumstick diva]

You may also want to post on the predator threads - often when they heard how the birds were killed - they can come up with a predator that did it. They can also tell you how to safeguard your coop. Is it possible for you to run strands of electrified fencing around your coop or run - to welcome anymore predators? So sorry for your many losses

 

[CuzChickens]

Hello there, and my warmest welcome to the flock! I am quite pleased you decided to join us, please pull up a chair and make yourself at home here! I hope you enjoy it here as much as I have!

~Cuz