red fox or racoon?

[GFRAN53]

I went out to check my chickens one day and when I got into the chicken coop, they were all gone.

All that was left were a few feathers. We do have racoons in our area, but I read that red foxes don't leave any remains except feathers. What I want to know is if a red fox or a racoon that got my chickens.

 

[LAMchop]

I'm so sorry about your chickens! How terrible!

How many chickens did you have?
In my experience, if raccoons can get away with the birds, they will- but if you had lots of chickens, it would be very strange for them to all disappear.

 

[Ang]

Fox is my bet. They will take the chickens and cache them for later.

 

[matthewschickens]

I would say fox but the foxes in our area only take one at a time?

Matthew

 

[GFRAN53]

I had 20 chickens

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

I dont know of any 4 legged predator that would take 20 birds at one time and not leave anything

 

[Kittymomma]

Sounds more like a fox, BUT are you sure they're all gone and you don't have some hiding? With 20 chickens I would expect at least some of them to have escaped and went into hiding. Unless of course your problem is not of the four-legged variety as Bear Foot Farm suggested...

 

[matthewschickens]

Right,

I would look for some of them or there feathers in the surrounding area. Does anyone near you not like your chickens?

Matthew

 

[Kennyog]

Fox.

 

[csaws]

Maybe a dog, I'd lean toward fox