marinakirsten
Chirping
- May 26, 2023
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Something two nights in a row has gotten into my coop and killed my juvenile 6 week old ducklings night one (decapitated, crop/chest/neck eaten), then on night two the 1 week old babies were eaten pretty much whole (found remnants of a foot and a duckling bill inside the coop but absolutely nothing else, not even blood).
I reinforced any possible entryway on my coop and also covered the run in hardware cloth. added carabiner locks and patched the last little opening i could find anywhere on the coop.
I suspected weasel, because the openings SEEMED too small for a raccoon. but sure enough, I set up cameras last night, and dozens of families of raccoons came by, basically bee-lining to one of the holes I patched. I think I found their entryway.
Now my question stands- how the HELL do raccoons get into my coop two nights in a row, and my 6 adult ducks and 1 goose are unscathed? I cannot make sense of it. Based off of common raccoon behavior, they could have and SHOULD have killed all my birds. why didn’t they?
and even when I was suspecting a weasel, while the size scale makes more sense as to why only the babies were eaten, a weasel absolutely can and will take down a goose. So why did they leave my adults and the broody moms that had babies alone?
Again, i’m pretty certain of raccoons doing this after setting up cameras, but as to why they didn’t take the chance two nights in a row to kill any of my adults makes no sense to me
I reinforced any possible entryway on my coop and also covered the run in hardware cloth. added carabiner locks and patched the last little opening i could find anywhere on the coop.
I suspected weasel, because the openings SEEMED too small for a raccoon. but sure enough, I set up cameras last night, and dozens of families of raccoons came by, basically bee-lining to one of the holes I patched. I think I found their entryway.
Now my question stands- how the HELL do raccoons get into my coop two nights in a row, and my 6 adult ducks and 1 goose are unscathed? I cannot make sense of it. Based off of common raccoon behavior, they could have and SHOULD have killed all my birds. why didn’t they?
and even when I was suspecting a weasel, while the size scale makes more sense as to why only the babies were eaten, a weasel absolutely can and will take down a goose. So why did they leave my adults and the broody moms that had babies alone?
Again, i’m pretty certain of raccoons doing this after setting up cameras, but as to why they didn’t take the chance two nights in a row to kill any of my adults makes no sense to me
