That's a lot of raccoons! I'm not on an agricultural area and we have a low raccoon density. Because of that, it's easy to forget about them until they come out of nowhere and cause you all kinds of grief.
Something similar happened to me but to a family of mink. We were away for 2 days and They killed 28 of my meat birds that were 2 weeks away from processing. And 11 of my layer hens
Tragedy strikes. We had an experience with raccoons a couple years ago. We never had a problem in 7 years, and then one weekend the winter Strom dipped to sub Arctic, And a bunch of raccoons killed a bunch of our chickens. The worst thing, was that they killed dozens of birds, and mostly only ate heads. Left all the meat. It was Tragic. Wouldnt have been so bad, if they had killed a bird to eat, Might have been a couple birds each. Best of luck, recovering from the tragedy.
I think you misunderstand me. I actually do a lot of wildlife conservation on a couple of hundred acres of property. I took all the precautions to keep my chickens safe but the raccoons found a work-around and came back night after night after night. I never trapped the fox, because I'm sure it helps keep my squirrel population down. I have weasel tracks all around my barn but I'm fairly confident that it is more interested to eat rodents than to bother my chickens. These raccoons were intent on destroying my entire flock and they also got into my neighbour's chicken coop as well. I think that once they become chicken predators you have to take measures to remove them. Plus, there are a million (literally) raccoons in Ontario.
Had a pine martin do this once too.
I trapped 23 raccoons in one barn, they were eating the feed for the show steers and tearing stuff up. I never got them all
That's a lot of raccoons! I'm not on an agricultural area and we have a low raccoon density. Because of that, it's easy to forget about them until they come out of nowhere and cause you all kinds of grief.
Sorry about losing your chickens but at least you found the culprits.
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Something similar happened to me but to a family of mink. We were away for 2 days and They killed 28 of my meat birds that were 2 weeks away from processing. And 11 of my layer hens
Minks and other pests of the sort are arguably the worst
Ouch!
Sorry for your Los young man. We lost ours to a fox.
Sorry to hear that!
Tragedy strikes.
We had an experience with raccoons a couple years ago.
We never had a problem in 7 years, and then one weekend the winter Strom dipped to sub Arctic,
And a bunch of raccoons killed a bunch of our chickens.
The worst thing, was that they killed dozens of birds, and mostly only ate heads.
Left all the meat. It was Tragic.
Wouldnt have been so bad, if they had killed a bird to eat,
Might have been a couple birds each.
Best of luck, recovering from the tragedy.
For some reason, these raccoons took all the bodies away and only left two dead birds behind.
Damn!! Should have kept that Leshy 😁
That Leshiy killed it's fair share of raccoons!
Sorry for your loss, that chicken run looks so sad and empty.
Man that sucks. You had an all you can eat chicken buffet
I mean, how could they resist, really?
I think denuding the entire area of native wildlife is a fantastic idea because you choose to be lazy, irresponsible and ignorant.
I think you misunderstand me. I actually do a lot of wildlife conservation on a couple of hundred acres of property. I took all the precautions to keep my chickens safe but the raccoons found a work-around and came back night after night after night. I never trapped the fox, because I'm sure it helps keep my squirrel population down. I have weasel tracks all around my barn but I'm fairly confident that it is more interested to eat rodents than to bother my chickens. These raccoons were intent on destroying my entire flock and they also got into my neighbour's chicken coop as well. I think that once they become chicken predators you have to take measures to remove them.
Plus, there are a million (literally) raccoons in Ontario.
@OneWildcrafter if you cant build a predator proof coop then maybe you need to go back and play with your Lincoln log set some more.