I'm so sorry for your losses. By chance is your coop near a river or stream? Mink are found in Virginia, commonly near water. They can squeeze through a gap as small as 1". BYC article about mink.
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We have a pond in the back field. Whatever it is only eats at the fleshy parts and neck.I'm so sorry for your losses. By chance is your coop near a river or stream? Mink are found in Virginia, commonly near water. They can squeeze through a gap as small as 1". BYC article about mink.
I have traps out... thanks. Caught a few possums so far along with a cat.You need to look around in the corners of the coop for holes. I would put concrete in the holes if you find some. I agree with keeper 1960, you need to put out traps.
No holes seen. Traps are out.You need to look around in the corners of the coop for holes. I would put concrete in the holes if you find some. I agree with keeper 1960, you need to put out traps.
Then it's never going to get fixed, because it's never going to stop snowing...Now my girls are in a converted tool shed. It’s tight enough that I had to put (screened) vents in the gable ends, but the sliding doors leave a small gap at the bottom. If it EVER stops snowing, I’m gonna have to fix that.
Possums will kill and eat chickens.I have traps out... thanks. Caught a few possums so far along with a cat.
because it's never going to stop snowing...