What predators are known for digging under coops?

[Boilerja]

I live in the Midwest. I'm curious as to what animals, besides dogs, are known for digging under coops to get at the chickens? Opossums? Racoons? Thanks!

 

[scratch'n'peck]

I think raccoons, mink and weasel will all dig.

 

[aart]

Fox, Coyotes.

 

[shmccarthy]

Possums and coons aren't prone to digging, they'd rather work with their hands. Coyotes are diggers(we lost an entire flock to a coyote that dug under the buried fence).
Fox are burrow animals. They live in underground dens and are master diggers. I had a problem with a fox digging near my fence so I buried large rocks around the perimeter of the fence and stacked more large rocks around the fence about a foot high and I haven't had a problem since.

 

[Ceilismom]

My neighbor thought we were nuts for putting our coop on a concrete slab. The following winter, he discovered a badger had dug under the footings of his 40+ year-old coop. He didn't seem to think it was after the chickens (it didn't kill any), but looking for a warm place to sleep.

 

[blythspirit]

I put big cement pavers under the coop with the weight of the coop a critter would be hard pressed to push up under it. the chicken run/yard has a wooden border with a gravel compacted walkway around it. they are not out of the coop at night and I walk around it every morning before they come out to make sure no visitors are lurking.

 

[ellieroo]

I have the same problem. This winter some thing went under our 8 by 10 coop and dug a huge deep hole it is at least 3ft if not 4ft deep . No skunk or racoon smell but a scent for sure. Have yet to see a thing. But we had a big mouse population that probably brought who ever?? Anyone else have subterrainan boarders?

 

[kynewbchickie]

A fox will dig as far as China to get in somewhere they want to go. Weasels will dig as well as coyotes and rogue dogs.

 

[aart]

I've had ground hogs dig under a slab to spend the winter.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Rats.

They do kill chickens. They knock them off the roost and gang up on them on the floor, I have read.