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I might look for one of those at goodwill and see if I can pick up one that's fairly cheap. Of course, I'd rather get the seed moved inside so it's not attracting them in the first place :/

I've used staples on the connector that goes from my run to my coop - I built the connector out of old pallets and then put chicken wire across the top, stapled, and used extra boards from pallets to screw down over the top of the staples. On my actual runs - one is an old dog kennel...

Raccoons are fairly persistent critters, if they find an easy food source, they will absolutely hammer on it until it's used up. Like most animals, they will go for the easier meals first, but that doesn't mean they won't try for something more tasty if it's possible. Good luck, hopefully...

Thanks - to be truthful, I didn't want to kill it. I absolutely did not enjoy killing it. I have a friend who loves BBQ raccoon...so, I cleaned it and put in the fridge for him to come pick up. I don't believe in wasting an animals life if at all possible. In the field behind my house, there...

Bravo! I knew there was a reason I like you, you're one smart lady!

LMAO - You say that as if you've had experience with the Duke DP!

I'd say this one was around the 20 lb mark - a decent sized male. The ones I caught earlier this spring trying to get into my run were juveniles, probably around 5-7 lbs. I'll be resetting the traps tonight and hope to catch the female. It just goes to show that even with a good LGD they can...

Ok - not sure what happened to it then. I certainly can't delete posts on a thread and can't imagine why a moderator would have removed your post. *Snip* *Snip* The raccoon was trapped about 20 feet away from my main chicken coop. It was closer to them than it was to the bucket of seed left...

Damn...yeah, that boy would be an ingredient for chicken and dumplings here. My RIR hen bullied my EE hen to the point she couldn't eat/drink. I caught it too late and was unable to save my sweet EE hen. It tore me up when I lost my EE, she was the sweetest girl and so pretty. She had been...

Kessel - first, I'm so sorry for your loss! Like you, I take my duties as protector of my flock very serious. So many people get into raising chickens but really don't know all the down sides to animal husbandry. My rooster is great at alerting me during the day and I know he'll die to...

Agreed - she used to put it out for the birds to eat. I thought about getting her a small galvanized steel container, but the problem is - there's not much readily available that's actually considered "Coon-Proof" My dad used to work at Mammoth Cave National Park and the park spent a LOT of...

I've had raccoons do extensive damage to my runs in the past when trying to get in and kill/eat my chickens. I don't hunt - I have in the past, but I don't hunt anymore. I've NEVER hunted anything while it slept, and respectfully disagree with you that trapping and killing an animal that is an...

One of my neighbors is a sweet little 93 year old lady. She was telling me that it seems every morning, she has to clean up a mess on her back porch. She keeps a plastic bucket full of black oil sunflower seeds on the porch, and each morning it's on it's side with a mess of seeds laying on the...