One of our chickens was killed a couple weeks ago. Found in the back of our shed with its head missing.
At first we thought it was a cat, but neighbor said raccoons do that. Was skeptical at first.
Over the weekend I caught our 4th raccoon in two weeks in a cage trap borrowed from next door neighbor.
I take them out on the AFB Reservation, about 6 miles away, and let them go..................
Yep. That’s what those b@stard raccoons do. Why not just EAT the chicken if you’re going to kill it, ya monster?!?!
I will wear my (beautiful!) raccoon fur ear band this winter in your chicken’s memory...and to the memory of chickens I’ve also lost to raccoon through the years.
Right now, the current flock basically live in ‘Fort Knox’ inside the barn. Way too many predators around us, which include the random litter of pups on any given spring! ;)