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On the farm I had a coon find a way into the coop, killed about 7, ate one right down to the skeleton. My old farm neighbor never saw anything like that before. We couldn't find out how he got in until we looked under the edge of the roof and one of the 2X4 between the beams was missing. The coop had a false ceiling of asbestos panels to help keep the coop warmer in the winter, and it had a hole chewed in it....that's where we found the one’s he killed and stacked in a pile, I guess he figured on coming back to feast....I have shot them, drown them and the only good coon is a dead one. The 2 guineas were able to avoid him and one was find the other had a macerated leg, I set the leg and within a week the guinea was fine...they are hateful little vicious bastards...

***On the farm I had a coon find a way into the coop, killed about 7, ate one right down to the skeleton.***

Several years ago I noticed a large amount of feathers and blood in my hen yard when I went out to open the pen up.

I could find no way anything could have gotten in the house to kill a chicken, and the hens were not spooked at all.

Next morning I noticed fresh guts in the yard and a close inspection found no way a coon could get into the hut, and the hens were still not spooked.

Then I looked closely inside the house and saw lots of blood in one area.

There was a 1 1/2 inch gap between the roof and the wall for air circulation. A close inspection of the outside of the hen hut in that area showed lots of scratches in the wood. I then figured it out.

The coon had learned to jump up the side of the hut, reach through the 1 1/2 space, grab what he could and pull the chicken through the opening. The other hens inside did not even notice one of their own was gone.

I have since closed up those air openings.