What eats chicken feed but not chickens?

[Anburia]

Hi! We are in MN and we had something get into our meat bird chicken tractor and our egg layer run. It peeled back the wire and collapsed the roof on the chicken tractor. Only thing it did was drag out the 30 gallon feeder from the meat birds and eat the feed. None of our birds were eaten. What would be large enough to break into the coop but only eat the feed?

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Bear?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Bear was also my guess.

 

[Brooks_]

It peeled back the wire and collapsed the roof on the chicken tractor. Only thing it did was drag out the 30 gallon feeder

Bear?

Bear was also my guess.

I agree

 

[3KillerBs]

Bear sounds likely to me.

They sometimes do kill chickens, but they are known for destroying structures to get to the animal feed instead of the animals.

STRONG electric wire, baited with bacon, is often recommended as the most effective anti-bear solution.

 

[Roosterinthecity]

Drunk neighbor who can’t drive a vehicle, but thinks it’s okay to drive a John Deere to the bar. Loses his key, and decides to walk home, but gets hungry on the way and hears chickens. Decides to get in, but is afraid to fight the flock, so might as well teach those pesky hens a lesson and eat their food. I mean…..it is MN!

 

[Qwerty3159]

Sounds like a black bear, and some lucky chickens.

 

[GCrumb]

I think that's the typical black bear 'attack' where I live -- black bears flip those cute little coops right over and eat the feed, chickens are left wandering around looking horrified. To the bear it's probably no different than the rest of his feeding rounds in the neighborhood, where he goes 'round and tips bird-feeders so the seed spills directly into his mouth.

 

[ColtHandorf]

While I don't have any first-hand bear experience, it does sound very similar to the black bear foraging that I've seen and heard.