Chicken killer on the loose in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 2/17/13 - 8:22 pm
Galen Moore of Jamaica Plain reports this is the print of an animal that killed and ate his neighbor's chickens. Yes, plural and, yes, Jamaica Plain. He wonders if anybody can tell what sort of animal did the fowl deed.
Comments
some sort of canine?
fox? coyote?
Pet Dog?
I agree with Sarcastic Sam. Fox, coyote or even an unleashed pet dog. On my street a while back, an otherwise well behaved and usually leashed Husky broke out of his yard and killed nine of my neighbors 12 chickens in a very short time span. The horrified Husky owner immidately compensated the chicken's owner with cash, even though AFAIK the chickens are kept without benefit of permit.
Dogs love themselves some
Dogs love themselves some chicken. Can't help it.
This sounds like a job....
For the JP Neighborhood Council! Quick! Convene a meeting!
You mean the JP People's
You mean the JP People's Soviet.
Narrow foot could mean coyote
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00260/facts/pawprints.html
Domestic dogs tend to have wider toes and don't print-on-print in their stride as consistently as Coyotes.
O-FISH-L could be right that it is an off-leash dog, but I would hope that such pups would be hanging out by radiators in the current weather.
The hot new predator issue for chicken-keepers in our area:
You could ask the Urban Pantheist?
http://urbpan.livejournal.com/
He's weighed in
On Twitter:
Possibly a Boa Constrictor.
But definitely not a a Pond Monster.
Parka Snake
Either that, or they have developed some sort of portable heater tape technology!
Lord help us!
Wait, are those chickens
Wait, are those chickens illegal?
I'm gonna say CAT
Because usually w/ dogprints you see some part of the nail. Cats pretty consistently don't have claws in their tracks, plus they're super-efficient predators.
Or a fox -- we've seen a couple this year. Very sly & very murderous.
Definitely not a cat
Cat paws are smaller and squarer than this.
Dennis Lehane's hound dog
Must be pretty hungry.
Wait I
Wasn't wearing those shoes. Fu£k j drank to much last night!!!!
This is why
You build a predator proof coop.