At dawn two mornings ago we awoke to sounds of chaos in the chicken coop. We rushed out to find feathers everywhere and 3 missing chickens. The mama bantam chicken and one of her chicks and the full sized Silver Lakenvelder that was sitting under our feeder on some eggs that were due to hatch in about 10 days, were gone. I could see the feathers from the Lakenvelder and later in the day I followed them out into the woods to discover her remains.
After reinforcing the coop and shutting the door in the run we set up our camera and watched them as they returned for another visit.
Raccoon Trying to Break Into Coop from Erin Eckenrode on Vimeo.
wow, how many were there? we have raccoons that get in our garbage. chickens would be a bit more upsetting. were they ok the second night?
Posted by: Kelly | June 24, 2012 at 02:57 PM