RIP Cookie

[Chicken Girl1]

My little mixed breed cookie was killed by a raccoon last night

. I have had many chickens caught by those animals

including her sister and mama. I just wanted to share how BYC helped me to save her during her hatch, she was supposed to have not survived but she was a fighter! Here are the threads: Here mama had some problems while brooding: *Pic added* Broody hen's neck seems stuck, broody hen with neck problem, This is what happened to her: Yellow mold on hatching egg *update*, Please Read and HELP!!, premature chick.

RIP Cookie!

Her Mama Oreo (Barred Rock)

Her Daddy Zorro (mutt)

Cookie

Thanks for reading,
ChickenGirl1

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

So sorry about your loss -- since it seems you have a pattern of problems with losses to racoons it may be that making some changes to your management and/or structures could help prevent further losses.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

So sorry about your loss -- since it seems you have a pattern of problems with losses to racoons it may be that making some changes to your management and/or structures could help prevent further losses.

We had a problem when we were new with chickens 4 years ago and our latest one besides yesterday was 2 years ago :-(. We set a trap out for it and will keep doing that until it's caught.

 

[scratch'n'peck]

I'm so sorry about Cookie. I hope you trap the culprit. But it is still good idea to try and figure out how it got in. Unfortunately, I have learned through experience that there is an endless supply of raccoons.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I'm so sorry about Cookie. I hope you trap the culprit. But it is still good idea to try and figure out how it got in. Unfortunately, I have learned through experience that there is an endless supply of raccoons.

Yep - which is why the short term fix of eliminating one is all well and good, but only when combined with taking other, long-term, fixes to protect against the next to come along.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Yep - which is why the short term fix of eliminating one is all well and good, but only when combined with taking other, long-term, fixes to protect against the next to come along.

I'm so sorry about Cookie. I hope you trap the culprit. But it is still good idea to try and figure out how it got in. Unfortunately, I have learned through experience that there is an endless supply of raccoons.

Thanks guys!

 

[MagicPidge]

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's clear that Cookie was very loved (and cute!)... Stay strong

 

[chicken4prez]

Sorry for you're loss! I know the pain of losing a chicken by a racoon