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Posted: 1/21/2015 7:21:07 PM EDT
Saw this in a nest box today. No missing chickens or signs of mischief.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 7:26:19 PM EDT
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Looks like rat poop.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 7:26:50 PM EDT
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Raccoon stealing eggs?
Poop Thread! Lock it up!
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Posted: 1/21/2015 7:36:45 PM EDT
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A rat is possible though I've only seen 2 around here in 20 years. It's winter so they have to eat somewhere.
An estimated size would be 3/4" x 3" long. Seem too large for a rat? |
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Posted: 1/21/2015 7:40:45 PM EDT
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A raccoon got in through the outdoor run a couple years ago and killed 3-4 layers. The run is closed off right now and limits the size of what can get into the coop unless there is a hole I don't know about.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 8:45:19 PM EDT
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I'm gonna guess the common house cat. Coon poop has peanut/almond looking things in it. Rat poop is small pellets.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 8:57:24 PM EDT
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Rat shit looks like large mouse shit.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 10:18:38 PM EDT
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I'm gonna guess the common house cat. Coon poop has peanut/almond looking things in it. Rat poop is small pellets. i agree it looks like cat scat to me. |
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Posted: 1/21/2015 10:48:29 PM EDT
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i agree it looks like cat scat to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm gonna guess the common house cat. Coon poop has peanut/almond looking things in it. Rat poop is small pellets. i agree it looks like cat scat to me. It would be odd for a cat to leave a single turd that size. Also VERY odd for a cat to leave a turd without making an attempt to cover it. If that's a cat turd, the cat is likely ill. |
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Posted: 1/21/2015 10:49:52 PM EDT
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Coon or Possum. If the opening is small and hard to find, probably possum. And yes, they can and will kill chickens and eat eggs. Cats try to cover their poop. No effort was made here. Edited because I misspelled small. 
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Posted: 1/21/2015 10:50:43 PM EDT
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It would be odd for a cat to leave a single turd that size. Also VERY odd for a cat to leave a turd without making an attempt to cover it. If that's a cat turd, the cat is likely ill. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm gonna guess the common house cat. Coon poop has peanut/almond looking things in it. Rat poop is small pellets. i agree it looks like cat scat to me. It would be odd for a cat to leave a single turd that size. Also VERY odd for a cat to leave a turd without making an attempt to cover it. If that's a cat turd, the cat is likely ill. This. I didn't see this before I posted, but Feral nailed it. |
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Posted: 1/21/2015 11:31:54 PM EDT
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It would be odd for a cat to leave a single turd that size. Also VERY odd for a cat to leave a turd without making an attempt to cover it. If that's a cat turd, the cat is likely ill. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm gonna guess the common house cat. Coon poop has peanut/almond looking things in it. Rat poop is small pellets. i agree it looks like cat scat to me. It would be odd for a cat to leave a single turd that size. Also VERY odd for a cat to leave a turd without making an attempt to cover it. If that's a cat turd, the cat is likely ill. Depends. If it's a feral cat it might not bury its waste (it's a dominance thing). and .. .ah someone already beat me to it: poop thread 
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Posted: 1/21/2015 11:39:27 PM EDT
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Depends. If it's a feral cat it might not bury its waste (it's a dominance thing). and .. .ah someone already beat me to it: poop thread Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm gonna guess the common house cat. Coon poop has peanut/almond looking things in it. Rat poop is small pellets. i agree it looks like cat scat to me. It would be odd for a cat to leave a single turd that size. Also VERY odd for a cat to leave a turd without making an attempt to cover it. If that's a cat turd, the cat is likely ill. Depends. If it's a feral cat it might not bury its waste (it's a dominance thing). and .. .ah someone already beat me to it: poop thread Well...maybe. I live with six cats--plus more outside. (Yes, we are the crazy cat people.) I've still never seen a cat leave shit in a place it broke into to attack prey (and I've raised poultry in small pens my whole life). YMMV of course. But feral cats are still cats. They cover their shit by instinct. And in a chicken pen, even if they're feral, there's nobody to dominate. They'd be breaking in to kill the chickens. Period. If a cat gets into a pen, it will kill anything that flies, if it can catch it. Cats are just that way. Coons and possums poop and leave it. Never seen any exceptions, and both will break into a chicken run. Once again, YMMV. |
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Posted: 1/22/2015 10:45:31 AM EDT
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Can very possibly be from a snake.
Anything else large enough would have resulted in missing chickens. |
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Posted: 1/22/2015 11:11:39 AM EDT
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Retracted.
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Posted: 1/22/2015 8:48:02 PM EDT
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Looks like rat poop. If that's rat poop you have a problem! 
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Posted: 1/22/2015 9:22:03 PM EDT
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Son's and I will set a live trap this weekend and see what turns up.
Hopefully we'll catch something besides the dog. Every 1-3 years we'll see a mink killed on the road within a 1/2 mile of the house. I'm wondering if that could be the culprit. I know they like to eat chicken and would be small enough to slip through a small crack. Well, everything likes to eat chicken. Thanks for the ideas. Hopefully I'll have an update soon. |
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Posted: 1/22/2015 9:52:30 PM EDT
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that would be a very cold snake
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Posted: 1/22/2015 10:01:22 PM EDT
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that would be a very cold snake Good point, didn't notice OPs location... unless he is running a rather well heated coop! |
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Posted: 1/24/2015 8:42:16 AM EDT
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Looks like racoon crap to me.
What I find odd is that it didn't go after any chickens. |
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Posted: 1/24/2015 8:44:31 AM EDT
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Looks like rat poop. If that's rat poop you have a problem!
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Posted: 1/24/2015 11:18:20 PM EDT
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Looks like rat poop. If that's rat poop you have a problem!
Tom Big old corn crib rats will leave turds that size, no problem. If thats the case I'm thinkin you better be tossen 'em on the BBQ! 
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Posted: 1/26/2015 5:34:37 PM EDT
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Son's and I will set a live trap this weekend and see what turns up. Hopefully we'll catch something besides the dog. Every 1-3 years we'll see a mink killed on the road within a 1/2 mile of the house. I'm wondering if that could be the culprit. I know they like to eat chicken and would be small enough to slip through a small crack. Well, everything likes to eat chicken. Thanks for the ideas. Hopefully I'll have an update soon. Oh wow, a mink. We had those get into the chickens a lot when I was a kid, but I haven't heard anybody say they saw a mink around in many years. It's been so long that I don't remember what their poop looks like. And yes, they could fit into tiny little openings. Let us know what it is when you find out! |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 7:40:48 PM EDT
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Hmm, trap has been out four nights and nothing to report.
Yesterday's fresh snow will be tell tale of any schnanigans around the coop. |
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