There's no formula for eliminating predators in your chickens, unfortunately. There is the "best guess" of what predator it may be, but even that is a process of elimination, not even a sure thing.
Dear Farmer had the meat-birds taken to butcher...we were supposed to have five hundred of them, the count was two hundred. Far off from the five hundred mark, we knew something had been getting into the pen and having a bunch of healthy meals.
First the mobile pens were moved over by the farmhouse and the herd, to be nearer to people and cattle would be a deterrent for predators, that was a two-day process. Next, the netting walls of the pens were gone over with a fine tooth comb, holes were found and fixed. Finally, the traps were made for weasels, traps were set for raccoon, and the Pied Piper of the Farm-boy Trio stalked the pens with his bow and arrow for fox. We did not catch weasel. Sadly, the Pied Piper did not catch a fox. But there was, in the trap, a raccoon!
At the noon-meal there was discussion over how to tan a pelt with the fur on, and how many pelts it takes to make a hat, and the Pied Piper wanted to know if a raccoon-foot could be lucky. The general consensus was: the foot is lucky, until it gets caught.
No more predators in the chickens, thankfully! We seem to have it back under control.
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