The Raccoon & New Chix

[BGKYSmoker]

Last week at 11p a raccoon got into the run and killed my banty rooster and injured 2 hens. I had to dispatch the hens. I been putting the chickens in the coop before dark. Last night I heard the chickens in the coop having a fit, the coon was running around the coop.... "BANG" went the 12g and no more coon.

I do have some copper marans, and few others in the brooder down in basement.

 

[JLeonard]

Hmm.....I'm sure with a quick google search you can come up with a recipe for 'coon! Great job protecting the cluckers.

Jim

 

[Flatrate]

I feel bad for the chickens that got hurt/killed. The coon got what they deserved! Nice work.

Dave

 

[chopsaw]

quick google search you can come up with a recipe for 'coon!

Nope . You prop him up outside the chicken house , with a sign that says " Your next ! "

 

[clifish]

Last week at 11p a raccoon got into the run and killed my banty rooster and injured 2 hens. I had to dispatch the hens. I been putting the chickens in the coop before dark. Last night I heard the chickens in the coop having a fit, the coon was running around the coop.... "BANG" went the 12g and no more coon.

I do have some copper marans, and few others in the brooder down in basement.

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should have been last week, you could have entered coon stew!

 

[BGKYSmoker]

My wife said she would have made stew from him/her. I gotta look when coon season is here.

 

[JLeonard]

My wife said she would have made stew from him/her. I gotta look when coon season is here.

Thinking if they are after your chickens any day should be coon season!

Jim

 

[indaswamp]

Next question is...did you figure out how the coon got into the coop? Got a idea on how to fix it?

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Next question is...did you figure out how the coon got into the coop? Got a idea on how to fix it?

Dug in under the run, took the chickens that were roosting on the bar inside the run. 6 bags of redi crete to put in under the lower run bars.

I have till the 29th to harvest coon, but being on my property its year round.

 

[DougE]

These things work great and will not trap anything but a raccoon the way they are designed.

Duke Dog Proof Coon Trap - 0510 | Rural King

Duke Dog Proof Coon Trap - 0510

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[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

Why dont you swing by my place and take care of some pepe' le pew for me.

 

[JLinza]

Awhile back my little barn cat had a racoon treed up on the post of our front deck. Coon up top clinging for dear life, cat at the bottom without a care in the world. Cat ran him off to the ditch and we haven't seen that racoon since. Lol

 

[Timber II]

I ate a few coon before I became a trapper and skinned a few hundred a year…more than half have worms like bing in their joints - no more smoked coon for me lol Those duke traps work great for coon that Doug suggested - but I’ve caught plenty of skunks and possums in them too.
Good luck
Timber

 

[DougE]

Those duke traps work great for coon that Doug suggested - but I’ve caught plenty of skunks and possums in them too.

I wouldn't be opposed to catching either of those, too, but getting a now dead skunk out of it might not be much fun at all.