Missy's Mom
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Last night, I heard a ruckus out back around 11pm... found a flashlight and went running out to find that my chicken coop had suffered an attack. All was quiet when I got out there, then I heard a ""thud" in the woods, followed by my girl making a lot of noise back there. So I grabbed a shovel for protection and wandered back there and found her. Her head was bloodied, and she was a tad disoriented, but I got her back to the coop and secured it with the higher level of protection (clips on gates that are a pain to secure but more predator resistant) that I don't always use (haven't had predators around...) Around 1 am, I heard another squawk and thought the thing had come back, but it appears it couldn't get in this time, but gave my girl a scare that made her cry out...
Anyway... not sure what the predator was... I think the "Thud" I heard from the woods meant that whatever it was had her up a tree... not sure though. Years ago had an oppossum attacking girls, we have coons, skunks, fox in the area... thinking maybe a coon, could have pulled her up a tree? not sure though...
Me thnking my growout pen for my buns would have been an easier target than the coop for a hungry animal... do same chicken predators go after buns? I've moved pen inside garden fence, but that would be easier for whatever this predator was to breach than the chicken pen it broke into... only benefit, is that it might cause predator to travel a wider circle away from my grow out buns and not find them... thoughts?
Anyway... not sure what the predator was... I think the "Thud" I heard from the woods meant that whatever it was had her up a tree... not sure though. Years ago had an oppossum attacking girls, we have coons, skunks, fox in the area... thinking maybe a coon, could have pulled her up a tree? not sure though...
Me thnking my growout pen for my buns would have been an easier target than the coop for a hungry animal... do same chicken predators go after buns? I've moved pen inside garden fence, but that would be easier for whatever this predator was to breach than the chicken pen it broke into... only benefit, is that it might cause predator to travel a wider circle away from my grow out buns and not find them... thoughts?