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Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:03 am
by Jaye
Hoping someone can identify what this print belongs to ...
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It was on one of the cross rails inside the run this morning. :o
This tells us we need to finish installing the rest of the welded wire roof panels over the uncovered part of the run ASAP.

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:13 am
by Ontario Chick
How big is the board?
Fisher print looks like a cat print, so not that.
Whatever it is, I wouldn't want it on the inside of run. :(

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:32 am
by Shnookie
According to my Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens this looks like a raccoon track - the long fingers. A fisher track is similar to a dog track, but smaller and with 5 toes.

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:36 am
by Jaye
Thanks, Shnookie. That's what I thought/feared too.
OC, I couldn't agree more - I really don't want it on the inside of the run. The rail is a 4 x 4 I believe, same as the base and corner posts.

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:52 am
by ross
This help ?

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:55 am
by Happy
@ross does that bottom pic mean you're loaded up to drive to Jaye's house?
Good luck Jaye-guess you have your weekend work cut out for you.

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:02 pm
by Jaye
LOL, Happy!

Yes, thanks, Ross. I would say it's definitely a raccoon. Hoping the rain holds off so that we can get the panels installed. The reason why it hasn't been done before now is that we have a three-forked tree in our run that has been a design challenge. We've tried several different solutions but none of them worked. We think we've finally come up with something that will. Fingers crossed.

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:08 pm
by ross
Haha Happy that's what it used to look like before I got out the spray can . Not sure how pic got there sometimes these bent arthritic fingers click on things I don't see . Luck

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:26 pm
by Killerbunny
@ross that chart is great. WOnder if they could make it a sticky when they are done vacationing?

Re: Paw print identification please - raccoon or fisher?

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:34 pm
by windwalkingwolf
It's raccoon, a big fat one that probably has a lot of friends :angry: