Predator poop ID

[chickmamato7]

Something has been leaving droppings around my coop. It looks like it could be a raccoon, but I'm not sure. There has been no digging or print evidence, just 3 poops left a few weeks apart, at opposite ends of the coop. Anyone recognize this poop? It's not easily seen in the pic, but the droppings have a swirl at the end (kind of S shaped), so not the blunt ends typical of coon. No evidence of food remains in the poop, either. The white specks are from PDZ falling from above. I've studied the dropping chart and coon appears to be the closest match, but I just want to be sure what i'm dealing with. My cam isn't working right now, so the poop is all I have to go on.

 

[sourland]

I think that raccoon is a good possibility.

 

[chickmamato7]

Not what I was hoping to hear! Guess it's time to add some hot wire & traps.

 

[cmom]

Hot wires have kept predators away from my birds. Once the predators test the wires they know that whatever is on the other side isn't worth getting zapped for and I have q quite powerful fence charger and it will hurt. Good luck...

I'm pretty sure this was from a coyote. It has persimmon seed in it and there is a persimmon tree. I think if they are hungry enough the will eat most anything. Everything likes chicken...

 

[chickmamato7]

Thank you for sharing the charts! I'm almost certain it's a coon now, especially after seeing the variety of scat images on the green one at the top. All the other charts I had referred to only had one example for raccoon scat, which didn't look like an exact match. Now I definitely see it's a match.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Just wanna add, if it's raccoon poop you're going to want to dispose of it far away from you & your chickens. They can pass roundworms through it even if you just inhale/breathe around it.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1455438/

 

[chickmamato7]

Too late-- I dissected it to look for evidence of food particles! Hopefully this raccoon was clean

 

[gharvey444]

Can someone help me identify this predator? Had my first predator loss in 7 years.

 

[southwestclucker]

Something has been leaving droppings around my coop. It looks like it could be a raccoon, but I'm not sure. There has been no digging or print evidence, just 3 poops left a few weeks apart, at opposite ends of the coop. Anyone recognize this poop? It's not easily seen in the pic, but the droppings have a swirl at the end (kind of S shaped), so not the blunt ends typical of coon. No evidence of food remains in the poop, either. The white specks are from PDZ falling from above. I've studied the dropping chart and coon appears to be the closest match, but I just want to be sure what i'm dealing with. My cam isn't working right now, so the poop is all I have to go on.
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i've tried to refrain, but i just can't help myself.....

"wasn't me"

 

[lagrange chicks]

Does not look like coon scat to me, more like cat, possum or skunk. The diameter kinda small for coon. I've seen alot of poo in my trapping days