Unknown predator.

[Eleanor C]

Some unknown animal has killed over a third of my chickens! It comes in and kills them each night. It has gotten at least 15 and I set out traps every night and I fix all holes immediately but I don´t know what to do! It kills them and flips them over then rips out their breast and stomach and I dont know what it eats out of them. Some of them don´t have heads but my roosters just completely dissipated. We caught a 35 pound raccoon last night and we thought that that was the source of our problem but three more were dead when I came back this evening. The corpses are spread out through my barn and a lot of the time my chickens roost on the rafters of my barn so the predator must be either able to climb or gets them in the day while I´m not around! I´m scared I will lose more to this animal so please help me if you can!

 

[karissapaul]

show us a picture of the crime scene

 

[The Phantom]

If you caught one coon that size there is probably a whole family of coons. A picture of the crime scene would also help.

 

[Eleanor C]

Honestly I am sick to my stomach by the site of this and I already had my wonderful husband clean it up for me.

 

[Eleanor C]

What do you suggest I do about the coons?

 

[llombardo]

So how is it getting in the barn? Is there a coop in the barn? Are they in a stall?

 

[jiminpa]

box traps or dog proof traps.