raccoon attack

I could really use some advice! We had a raccoon attack our flock 10 days ago and lost one hen and found two more injured. One of them had a small cut on the red outer part of her eye and that eye was swollen shut for a day or two after the attack but the eye itself looks fine. She was clearly...

This past weekend (last friday night) a raccoon got into my chicken yard and injured one of my male guineas. From what I can tell it only ripped out some feathers and possibly cut him on his neck however I only saw blood on his neck but no wound. I ended up bringing him inside that night as it...

So we've been having raccoon problems where it's been attacking and killing our chickens. (Currently trying to catch the raccoon) The hen is a sapphire gem, about a year old. In the evening of Sunday May 28th I heard concerning squawking and went out to find our hen back in an area they...

Hey, first post here so hi. But I had two pigeons who rejected a egg so I threw it into a incubator. But the issue is pigeons need friends, and mine where attacked and killed by a racoon, so what age do I get another pigeon? And what age do I swap from crop milk to the baby hand feed, and...

Hello. 2 nights ago a group of raccoons were smart enough to rip off the metal hatches out of the wood to my coop which resulted in 5 of my 7 hens killed. There are 2 survivors one is perfectly fine but the other, (my favorite) has a large chunk bitten out of her breast. It is very hard to find...

Please any good ideas on how to keep raccoons out of my coop?! I had a small flock of 4 chickens for a few years, and last year added 4 more. For years everything went great, until the raccoons attacked. 2 by 2 they picked them off. This year, I went out and purchased 12 pullets (1 ended up...

I posted this in "Predators and Pests" but need answers quick so... A raccoon just got into my sister's backyard coop and killed one of her egg hens. We chased the raccoon off but the bird quickly died. She was not very mangled, a small amount of blood on the head is the only sign of injury...

A raccoon just got into my sister's backyard coop and killed one of her egg hens. We chased the raccoon off but the bird quickly died. She was not very mangled, a small amount of blood on the head is the only sign of injury. Now we are wondering if we can eat the bird. I hung it by its feet in...

I was shocked when I saw how many raccoons were trying to get to my four weeks old chicks on their first night out in the transition coop! I am happy for this group and the fabulous information that is shared on the forums. I would not have taken as many precautions as I had and my babies would...

My Romeo got attacked Thursday the 13th it still looks really bad and I don't know what his chances are maybe you guys cool help me. Tonight will be his first night back outside cages fixed. He is talkative, eating, and drinking.

I had three pet ducks. One got killed and one is injured pretty bad underneath the left wing any suggestions what I should do to help him I have put some wound spray on his missing skin any other suggestion?

So what does a fox kill typically look like? It must have been interrupted? No other injury beyond a fatal neck puncture. I Lost my best layer the other day. It was very overcast and rather dark out midday. I must have just missed the kill by an hour or two as she was still warm ☹️. She had...

I know the title is a bit unsettling, and maybe you are wondering why I'm asking this. Here's the story: So, basically, my chickens got attacked. At night. By a Raccoon. It was no doubt a Raccoon, I checked security footage, and the killing style was basically a raccoon signature attack-- reach...

This morning at 4:23 I heard screaming in my backyard it took me a minute to realize it was my chicken. I rushed outside and saw a raccoon attacking my her . Not thinking I quickly to her out of the coop (I only have 1 chicken) and hugged her tight. Once the raccoon saw me it ran away. I took my...

There was a commotion in the horse shed and I had one of the young pigeons fall towards me. It has its adult feathers but still peeps. I’ve looked after pigeons before but never had to do any doctoring on them. It struggled to fly back up and it had some feathers missing so I grabbed it and saw...

I woke up this morning, and usually I have a “ritual” of waving to my flock from the bathroom window upstairs, and usually they’d honk and start getting restless. Today, I noticed little movement in the coop. There were my two Pekins, but they weren’t giving me their usual side eye. I saw brown...

So our flocks (30 hens 5 roosters 3 Guineas,4 ducks,2 turkeys,5 bantams) were all wiped out by coons, we only have one guinea one Rooster one hen and one bantam hen left, I know we are planning on getting some Champion placing Wyandotte hens and a rooster, aswell as some others for rebuilding...

Last night I had my two female geese unfortunately get killed by possibly a raccoon or a beaver, through the fence gate of the cage. I still have one make geese left and I don’t know what to do with him, and I’m afraid that he might get killed as well, and/or suffer from any other lack company...

so last night, my hens got attacked by a raccoon that just the other day picked a fight with my dog. He found out how to unhitch the nesting box and went after my smallest hen. Thankfully we heard the screaming and were able to fight of the raccoon, but he put up a real fight. The only injuries...