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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jun 4, 2016 6:29:14 GMT -5
I HAD 2 chickens last night(3am ) I chased off a ##!$!!! coon but not before he strangled one of my ladies...I am sick with guilt and remorse. Im going to have to set a trap. Im considering getting a rooster but I dont want peeps.
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Post by jen51 on Jun 4, 2016 8:07:52 GMT -5
Coons infuriate me! They'll kill a whole hen house and not eat any of them.
What kind of pen do you have? Maybe you could think about building a small roost onto your pen that they can go into at night with a coon proof door?
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Post by jen51 on Jun 4, 2016 8:13:16 GMT -5
I don't like it when animals die under my care either. Our rabbit had kits about a week ago. She was a first time mom and didn't quite understand the nest building at first. She had all of her kits on the wire, and one ended up dying because of it. I was racked with guilt that I didn't watch her more closely, as I knew that she was due any day. This probably sounds weird coming from someone who raises rabbits to eat them, but we do take very good care of our animals and ensure a quick and painless death.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jun 4, 2016 13:44:53 GMT -5
Coons infuriate me! They'll kill a whole hen house and not eat any of them. What kind of pen do you have? Maybe you could think about building a small roost onto your pen that they can go into at night with a coon proof door? What would a coon proof door look like?
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Post by jen51 on Jun 4, 2016 17:30:42 GMT -5
Coons infuriate me! They'll kill a whole hen house and not eat any of them. What kind of pen do you have? Maybe you could think about building a small roost onto your pen that they can go into at night with a coon proof door? What would a coon proof door look like? Something that is not easily undone. Coons can flip latches. A board wedged tightly in front of the door at night works well. Chickens naturally roost, so if you give them something to go into at night that is higher than ground level, they will almost always go right in before sun set- then just close the door behind them. That's how our chickens have always been, anyway.
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Post by jen51 on Jun 4, 2016 17:32:19 GMT -5
Look up chicken tractor roosts. You'll find some cool ideas!
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jun 4, 2016 19:47:36 GMT -5
Well my chickens were both roosting in the peek of their coop on a single beam...the demon coon slid in...climbed up and wrestled her down But thats the way it is...well tonight I have a trap I got...I put a jucy peice of steak and som cheese in it...My last chicken is in a seperate paddock till this little roadkill is toast! I will not be releasing the useless vermin.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jun 5, 2016 5:33:25 GMT -5
so this particular vermin took the bate but somehow escaped the trap! Now it probebly wont fall for the trap at all!!!
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Post by recusant on Jun 5, 2016 7:37:55 GMT -5
"so this particular vermin took the bate but somehow escaped the trap! Now it probebly wont fall for the trap at all!!!" I had this problem too. They are very smart, they figure out how to get the bate without going into the trap. What helped me was to put bacon in an inner "cage" that dangled by a wire from the top of the trap. I catch them like that almost everytime.
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Post by jen51 on Jun 5, 2016 8:23:52 GMT -5
make a dead fall
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Post by Clotilde on Jun 5, 2016 12:05:19 GMT -5
This is my fear if we get chickens, we have a neighborhood fox.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jun 5, 2016 14:18:34 GMT -5
I moved the coop directly next to the house which keeps the foxs away...at least those vermin show some respect.
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