I think we have a couple of different predators that killed all of my parents chickens over the last few weeks, just as they started laying eggs
They put out have a heart traps with cat food, twice. First time trap was sprung cat food gone but trap empty. Second time trap not sprung cat food gone. Also was eating head and neck, which both suggests possibly weasel.
Also going to guess at racoons. First time, it forced open a vertical slide door we installed. This time it pulled the hardware cloth loose where it had been stapled and also pulled a pin and then turned and retracted the door latch. It also got past the electric netting fence around the run.
Last night we lost the last three. Feathers all over inside the coop, found two carcasses one inside the coop, one out in the run.
Whatever these predators are, they've developed a taste for live chicken and need to go.
Hypothetically speaking if someone were to leave poisoned bait, what would be a good choice?
They put out have a heart traps with cat food, twice. First time trap was sprung cat food gone but trap empty. Second time trap not sprung cat food gone. Also was eating head and neck, which both suggests possibly weasel.
Also going to guess at racoons. First time, it forced open a vertical slide door we installed. This time it pulled the hardware cloth loose where it had been stapled and also pulled a pin and then turned and retracted the door latch. It also got past the electric netting fence around the run.
Last night we lost the last three. Feathers all over inside the coop, found two carcasses one inside the coop, one out in the run.
Whatever these predators are, they've developed a taste for live chicken and need to go.
Hypothetically speaking if someone were to leave poisoned bait, what would be a good choice?
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