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The dang coon strikes again...and again!!!!

post #1 of 36
6/10/09 at 10:44am
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it got 2 of my hens last night.  My son is outside cutting half inch wire to put on the sides of the cages.

I swear I should of hit it last week when it ran in front of my car.


Edited by lagpmgdsls - 6/11/09 at 5:06am

Single mom to 3 sons and 1 daughter. 1 cat named Savannah, 2 bunnies...Kirby and Alfalfa, and many coturnix quail. Maggie, our bullmastiff. Comet...our Golden Retriever Rescue. 3 guinea pigs, 6 frogs
 

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Single mom to 3 sons and 1 daughter. 1 cat named Savannah, 2 bunnies...Kirby and Alfalfa, and many coturnix quail. Maggie, our bullmastiff. Comet...our Golden Retriever Rescue. 3 guinea pigs, 6 frogs
 

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post #2 of 36
6/10/09 at 11:01am

that sucks! I'm sorry to hear that! Get that coon! LOL!

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post #3 of 36
6/10/09 at 11:42am

sounds like you need a large live trap,catfood,marshmellows,.22cal rifle,and a shovel.....

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post #4 of 36
6/10/09 at 11:48am
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sounds like you need a large live trap,catfood,marshmellows,.22cal rifle,and a shovel.....


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Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

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post #5 of 36
6/10/09 at 7:07pm
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A friend of mine says to have my boys pee around the quail pens...that the smell will deter the racoons...anyone else hear of this?

Single mom to 3 sons and 1 daughter. 1 cat named Savannah, 2 bunnies...Kirby and Alfalfa, and many coturnix quail. Maggie, our bullmastiff. Comet...our Golden Retriever Rescue. 3 guinea pigs, 6 frogs
 

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Single mom to 3 sons and 1 daughter. 1 cat named Savannah, 2 bunnies...Kirby and Alfalfa, and many coturnix quail. Maggie, our bullmastiff. Comet...our Golden Retriever Rescue. 3 guinea pigs, 6 frogs
 

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post #6 of 36
6/10/09 at 7:10pm

not around here I piss all over the fence and they still come over it lol

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post #7 of 36
6/10/09 at 7:15pm
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not around here I piss all over the fence and they still come over it lol


I am sooo glad I wasnt drinking my pop whenI read this lau I've begged my hubby to pee around my fence and he wont! LOL! Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we have nosey neighbors AND they can see up in the backyard very well hummmi wonder! idunnolau

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post #8 of 36
6/10/09 at 7:25pm
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not around here I piss all over the fence and they still come over it lol


lau  Well at least you can, it wasn't for the lack of trying.

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post #9 of 36
6/10/09 at 8:09pm

I have an old barn wood sign out front for my hubby... "No peein' off the porch" For some reason the sign just doesn't work lau  Oh yeah, regardless of what he does off the porch, we still have all kinds of animals around  wink

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Breeding: Polish, Seramas, & Silkie Ducks! 
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post #10 of 36
6/11/09 at 5:06am
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The darn thing got 2 more last night...this time it pulled the tray out from underneath....and of course its taking my hens...and it took my only mature hen who is laying..aaarrrggghhhhhh!!!!!!!

If I owned a gun I would shoot it.

Does anyone know if the traps at TSC would be strong/big  enough for a coon?

Single mom to 3 sons and 1 daughter. 1 cat named Savannah, 2 bunnies...Kirby and Alfalfa, and many coturnix quail. Maggie, our bullmastiff. Comet...our Golden Retriever Rescue. 3 guinea pigs, 6 frogs
 

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Single mom to 3 sons and 1 daughter. 1 cat named Savannah, 2 bunnies...Kirby and Alfalfa, and many coturnix quail. Maggie, our bullmastiff. Comet...our Golden Retriever Rescue. 3 guinea pigs, 6 frogs
 

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