We had a bad raccoon problem last year and I lost my whole flock! But I got a lot more chicks and they are all full grown. But the coons are back! I've seen tracks everywhere! One of my buff orpington hens got out of the pen for a couple hours and by the time I found her it was too late! My orpingtons are in a breeding pen all by themselves The top is not super secure and the reason she got out was my got jumped up and pushed the top of the pen off to the side a little bit. well she flew out. Luckily out of 6 hens and a rooster she was the only one! Then the next night the whole top was totally messed up and the goat was locked up! Another hen was missing. Then I found her body too. :*( I was SO upset. Well I had just gotten an order for 24 fertile buff orpington eggs. The person canceled and I was left with all these eggs. So tonight I went out there and I found my only BO rooster's carcus in the barn!! So I moved the remaining 4 bo hens back into the normal coop with the others that is very very secure. But I have no rooster anymore for breeding! But thank heavens I had got that order before he died! The guy canceled and know I am incubating them myself so I can have more BO chicks soon! i guess it was somewhat of a good ending. But we still gotta find this raccoon! He's is very big! We saw him walking down the road a couple weeks back and He looked like a big DOG!! It's very scary! any advice?
