- Jul 9, 2013
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So this morning I woke up around 7:15 and I looked outside my window and looked at the coop like I do every morning. And all the chickens were out and watching the house waiting for me to come out and feed them, I noticed a black thing on the corner of the coop and I didn't think anything of it due to different things that are always scattered around the yard and around the coop. So I got my coat and boots on and scooped some feed and walked outside over to the chickens. I soon realized the black object was my black hen Ginger, she had been half eaten with her chest tore open and her neck completely eaten. I counted the heads of the rest of my flock and all were there and un injured. It was a grusome and sad sight for me as I love each and every one of my chickens as if they were a pet dog or cat. The matching black hen Pepper stood and looked at her dead friend, along with the rest of my flock. My coop is about 14 by 10 feet with the 10 foot house boardering one side. It is fenced with cattle panels and layered with chicken wire. There were pieces of it ripped and torn like the preadator tried to get in. My hen house Is just a make shift house I came up with with extra wood and metal around my farm. There was a weak spot only covered with a tarp where I would look in and check on them and hang there water, and that whole piece was ripped off. There were no tracks but I had a small line of Christmas lights to light the house up and all those were tore down and the heat lamp was unplugged and had 2 huge dents in it. The coop does not have a top and I don't lock them up at night but they all retreat to the house really early. I've seen a few bobcats around my property and I've had problems with thirlefing raccoons before but I had moved the coop slot closer to the house and about 5 yards away from my bedroom window. I did not hear a thing lady's night and I'm pretty sure my chickens made slot of noise and were pretty traumatized. What is weird is that the animal didn't finish it's meal and ate on the chicken while it was still on the coop. Does anyone know what kind of animal you think it was, or could be. And I have 2 guard dogs that are always killing intruders. Thanks for reading
