What animal would poop in my chicken coop while killing chickens?
Question by wonder.bread11: What animal would poop in my chicken coop while killing chickens?
The chickens are gone, with lots of feathers in the coop but no bodies. It didn’t kill all my chickens but I had not shut the door that night. This happened about a year ago and again, the animal pooped up in the roosting area – I thought there might be an animal who’s known to poop where they had been killing? (I can’t imagine a dog removing all the bodies OR pooping in the chicken coop.)
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7 Responses to What animal would poop in my chicken coop while killing chickens?
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If you have coyotes in your area, they would be my first suspect.
MawMaw
June 22, 2011 at 5:24 am
Foxes are real cheeky – sounds like just the thing they would do.
ailuro-phile
June 22, 2011 at 5:31 am
Are you sure it isn’t CHICKEN POOP?
Ooooh, maybe it’s a human. (I don’t know, are you near a college? Sounds like a pretty good prank– breaking into a chicken coop, stealing the chickens, then pooping in the coop…)
Mara
June 22, 2011 at 5:40 am
maybe a cat
Marty
June 22, 2011 at 6:31 am
maybe a snake
renier
June 22, 2011 at 6:50 am
Either a fox, dog, cat, weasel, or etc, but it’s hard to know if you can’t describe what the poop looked like or how large it was.
Cat, the animal girl
June 22, 2011 at 7:27 am
My four chickens were killed just as you describe- feathers everywhere but no carcases. 99% certain it was raccoons. However, found strange green scat in the nesting box that did not resemble the typical coon droppings. Also had berries in it. Unable to find similar picture on the web. If anyone knows please post.
ken
March 15, 2012 at 12:36 am