it happened in the middle of the night. or the wee hours of morning. depending on how you look at it. i heard a strange noise, like scraping metal. after wandering the house a bit, peering out windows, checking on kids, i was stumped.
back to bed. then it hit me. metal. the right side of the house. the chicken coop! i scrambled for a flashlight. by the time i made it to the kitchen window to see, sans flashlight, blackberry was clucking something terrible. and then i saw it. the largest raccoon i have ever seen. and he got her. i checked this morning. all i see are feathers.
she's gone.
she was my favorite.
11 comments:
So sorry.
Gonna miss that broody broad.
Oh, so sad!!
Oh that's icky...I'm sorry!
Darn it. :(
We're having to fend off a lot of raccoons and foxes lately too. We lost out girl Strawberry to a fox a few months ago. :(
Big props to Tyler Cox and Jason Kramer for under house chicken removal!
Sounds like you need to cook up a pot of raccoon stew.
So sorry to hear about the coon damage.
I too grow a homestead on .16 acres of land. Cheers to packing a lot of life in a small space!
Oooooh heartache!! I am so so sorry :(
I had a cat get a baby bird I had taken in just the day before. I cried for two days. This must be sooo much worste.
Hugs to you.
Oh, how awful! I'm so sorry!
Coons are just so wretched and horrid...
So sorry about the chicken...we had a similar issue recently and it's hard to see something you raised and cared for go...
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