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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Insides were missing as far as I can tell. And the head. Rest was all over the coop
The privacy fence would be a puzzler to them but don't put it past them to find a way in.
Hardly likely!
Well if it was a predator, it ~will~ be back.
Be sure to keep that coop door closed, sis.
That's exactly right.
I am actually thinking of putting the girls in a cage in the garage for a couple of nights and smoothing out the dirt in the coop to look for tracks.
Remember to keep your eye open for equipping these folks, and yourself, with Hobbit Hole products. We now have those orange-handled Rescue knives that might come in handy.
The more security you can muster the better...
I'd have thought as suburban as you are you'd only have to worry about neighborhood dogs getting in, but who knows.
GOod plan about putting the cage in the garage.
I'm thinking of putting a cracked-open egg out there, just as a bit of bait. Then checking for footprints in the soil, which is very silty.
You know...CSI *is* my favorite TV show...
I'm actually a bit embarrassed that I went barging out there and dashed right in the coop, lifted up the coop and shuffled all around picking up the poor beast!
Blew all my forensic evidence! Disturbed a crime scene, so to speak!
But I was a bit shocked, you know...
*snicker* CSI is one of our favorite shows!
You'd think as much as I watch it (I rarely miss even the re-runs) I'd know better than to mess up my crime scene! It'll be harder to get the evidence by setting up bait. And I can't be sure that's what it really was...
I coulda got footprints, I'm sure...this morning.
Crime scene? LOL...
I'm sure there must be a print or two left out there, chica.
But the cracked egg idea is pretty good!
Only drawback is that you can't be sure it was the same predator.
Good evening all...
Yep :)
you gotta coon gettin' in... only a coon eats the head and innards and leaves the meat...
he'll be back... count on it...
Yah... I was thinking coon.
Evenin' folkses... [sip]
your local conservation agent should have live traps you can check out...
a fox would've carried it off... could've been a skunk, but they'll usually eat the breasts... a coon eats head and innards...
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