raccoon

  1. GinaTheDuck

    Electric wire for a duck coop?

    I was thinking of adding an electric wire around the base of my duck's coop/run to keep raccoons out. I had one eat an egg that I had forgotten on top of the coop and it rattled my duck pretty bad, plus I'm worried now that they've found food there that they'll keep bothering her. Would an...
  2. HuskerHens18

    What track is this?

    I think it's an opossum, but I'm not 100% sure. These tracks are circling my chicken coop and came from the creek, which is where it returned. I had 1 person say raccoon and 1 say opossum, I'm leaning towards opossum but still making sure.
  3. WorldsOkayestFarmer

    Help needed ASAP

    Hello everybody & good morning. I just recently decided to join this page to ask a specific question to you all. Even though I have never joined before I have used this site and everybody's comments for help with questions I've had in the past. But I am so stressed out I need my own question...
  4. CanadaEh

    protecting existing fence with hot electric wire from raccoon/mink

    We have raccoon frequenting chicken run at night in search for food scraps (the run doubles as a compost pile). I don't like that proximity of raccoon to chickens (locked in the coop at night, but still) + possibility of decease transmission via food sharing or feces. I recon it is time to spend...
  5. Big Red Roosters

    Steel wool = coon deterrent?

    Went down to my chicken coop today and discovered a raccoon had attempted to dig in the sand to get to my roosters. From what I can see, the sucker took one chomp out of my steel wool I had underneath the sand(which I was using to keep mice out of a small hole...) and left empty handed. No...
  6. CanadaEh

    will raccoon or mink destroy hoop house coop plastic?

    I am thinking of building hoop house coop with 6mil plastic over 1/2" hardware cloth for the roof and walls. Will raccoon/mink destroy the plastic trying to get to the chickens before they encounter hardware cloth? Anybody with hoop houses for coops and predators - how do you manage them?
  7. Emilyann234

    Raccoon attack

    Hi everybody. I'm devastated and I apologize in advance for my lenghty post. A raccoon broke into my duck pen and killed my drake 2 nights ago. We found it's point of entry & fixed it, but I'm concerned it will find another way in. They are kept in an enclosed run with a house inside that...
  8. K

    HELP extremely hurt chicken! WARNING GRAPHIC

    A raccoon (I’m guessing) has killed most of my chickens! One of my favorite chickens survived but is in CRITICAL condition. Her beak is entirely ripped off both top and bottom and splintered all the way back. I’m not sure if she still has her eyes or she’s just closing them because it looks like...
  9. AsanumaGardens

    Recommendations: Best locks for keeping out raccoons?

    We have some tenacious raccoons in our area, and are trying to keep that in mind as we finish our new coop. Our concern is that we have three sets of two vertical doors which need a lock that wont come apart if both doors are pulled out simultaneously. What has worked best for y'all? EDIT...
  10. M

    Duck attacked!

    Hi last week my ducks were attacked by a raccoon and sadly only one out of four survived. Fankie my female had her eye ripped out and most of skin off her head is gone, poor thing but I don't think she can see it of her other eye now either. She is under vet care but I'm Not sure how she is...
  11. katelyn19

    Help something took eggs

    okay so I had a male and female Pekin. I took care of them at night and came back the next morning to only see the male outside. My female has been sitting on a nest for about two weeks, and was so dedicated I had to get in their own and give her food and water. So I got in and crawled into the...
  12. brooder

    Raccoon info? **Warning--Graphic Imagery**

    Hi, For those of you familiar with the predatory habits of racoons, I have some questions. Three days ago, I went to lock up my ducks at about 9:45 when I saw that one of them was missing. I found her feathers strewn at the trunk of an oak tree, and upon looking up, discovered her decapitated...
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  13. freerangeandfreedom

    Odd Behavior From My Hens

    Hi! I have a couple problems with my hens and I need some help. I have a hen who is probably only 1 1/2 years old and I have noticed major loss of feathers between her chest and butt. Does anyone know what it could be from? I have not seen her plucking her own feathers or staying in the box due...
  14. AshleyD87

    Racoon/Bear problem!!

    Its been a rough week here!! Raccoons and a bear have reduced our flock by half...in a week!! First a racoon got our rooster, which I wasn't too upset about because he was mean to the hens. The next day the same racoon got 3 of our hens. The following day, in broad day light a bear (about a year...
  15. Age-of-Goositude

    Raccoon Attack; Amputation

    There was a duck local to me posted online (broody girl, raccoon attack, you get the picture) many people said to cull her but I stepped up and took her, I didn't think her injuries were so horrible and took her to the vet but since the raccoon didn't rip her leg off at the joint she needed...
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Sakiza

    What Attacked My Coop??

    Looks like bite marks? We are thinking raccoon. One of our free range ducks, and two roosters (on three different nights) were killed and licked clean. That doesn’t sound like typical raccoon behavior to me since they were not dragged away and only one was killed three different evenings over...
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    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  17. ColleenRyan

    My Mallard is Missing

    Hi guys, I have three ducks. One male Pekin, one male Mallard and one female duck whose all black win some white speckles on her chest. They’re all best friends and totally comfortable around people. We raised them inside and we treat them as pets. They have a hutch and every night we put them...
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    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. M

    Reducing stress from raccoons

    If I obstruct the hens' view of the rest of the yard by enclosing the run in a non-see-through material, will they stop freaking out about the raccoons that visit daily? My chicken run is enclosed chain link (including on the top) which keeps raccoons and hawks out, but they get all squawky and...
  19. C0ckatrice

    What on earth killed our chickens?

    Recently we have been having trouble with predators. Witch we never have. We had 5 chickens left before spring, they where 2 years old. Suddenly one morning we found 2 of them dead in the coup without their heads. Feathers everywhere. The same thing happens to one of our family members who lives...
  20. V

    Can't catch seriously injured hen!!!!

    Last night my girls were attacked by the biggest raccoon I have ever seen in my life. My Americana (age 4) (not sure of her weight...) was badly injured all down the back of her neck before I was able to scare the BEAST away. I tried to grab her last night but I was unable to. In order to not...
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