What could be doing this?

[leec]

Something has been scratching at my coop, trying to get to my chickens. I stained over earlier scratches, thinking whatever it was that did that is gone. Well, they're back. Earlier, during our Michigan winter, at least 50% of the side of the coop that is enclosed was scratched to bare wood. Whatever it was had to climb into the run which is surrounded by a dog pen. This picture is very insignificant compared to earlier damage; chunks of the siding were scratched or chewed off. Any ideas? We set a live trap but only caught two possum so far. [IC.

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[sourland]

There were no footprints in the snow?

 

[WIchickMama]

Raccoon?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

do you have bears? could be lots of things but i know bears can be pretty destructive

 

[sourland]

My gut instinct was raccoon or dog.

 

[WIchickMama]

do you have bears? could be lots of things but i know bears can be pretty destructive

I thought that too but the scratches don't seem deep enough. The bears around here gouge out pieces of wood

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Maybe its Boo-boo instead of Yogi lol

 

[Albert the Saxony]

Maybe its Boo-boo instead of Yogi lol

Lol…. They were just trying to find those picnic baskets. But, seriously is it possibly a dog?

 

[leec]

There were no footprints in the snow?

We actually had the chickens winter in the downstairs of our barn. By the time the snow started melting and I was ready to move the chickens to the coop, there wasn't any snow around the coop. We live in the middle of woods so we aren't lacking predators.

 

[leec]

Lol…. They were just trying to find those picnic baskets. But, seriously is it possibly a dog?

I did think of that but couldn't picture a dog climbing the 6-foot chain link fence. We've lived here for over 20 years and have seen one dog back here that didn't belong.