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Raccoon "Watchdog"?

post #1 of 10
4/17/12 at 6:40pm
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One morning I looked outside and saw a raccoon trotting down the hill towards our barn. So as I went to chase it away (with a gun), I saw one of our free range guines run out of the barn doing that squaking thing they do and made the raccoon hightail it out of there. Is that normal, or is it just that guinea. (By the way the guinea hen had keets.)

98 hens (in a 5 section laying chicken coop)

27 bantams (in a chicken tractor)

35 meat birds, 8 turkeys (in a large chicken coop)

9 guienas and 8 roosters (both free range) 

28 ducks, 3 geese (2 ponds one big and one small)

2 dogs, 12 cats

4 horses, 93 sheep, 3 pigs

5 barns, 1 green house, 2 houses, and 63.5 acers

 

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98 hens (in a 5 section laying chicken coop)

27 bantams (in a chicken tractor)

35 meat birds, 8 turkeys (in a large chicken coop)

9 guienas and 8 roosters (both free range) 

28 ducks, 3 geese (2 ponds one big and one small)

2 dogs, 12 cats

4 horses, 93 sheep, 3 pigs

5 barns, 1 green house, 2 houses, and 63.5 acers

 

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post #2 of 10
4/18/12 at 1:01am

In my experience its a one time deal.  Guinea encounters with coons usually end up with the guinea being dinner.  Give her a well done for me.
 

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post #3 of 10
4/18/12 at 1:31pm

Don't know about Racoons but 1 of my guinea's ran screaming a 2 dogs that showed up here yesterday. Luckily it escaped. What the heck do they think? th.gif

Have wonderful Husband of almost 25 yrs. 25 yr old daughter, 23 yr old son, 2 cats, 4 dogs, 5 goats, and 19 Hens, 3 Roosters and 9 guinea's. My Dh made me get rid of the other 8 guinea's but I will get more. LOL
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Have wonderful Husband of almost 25 yrs. 25 yr old daughter, 23 yr old son, 2 cats, 4 dogs, 5 goats, and 19 Hens, 3 Roosters and 9 guinea's. My Dh made me get rid of the other 8 guinea's but I will get more. LOL
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post #4 of 10
4/18/12 at 5:21pm

Seen it here more than once and my guineas have never been hurt, the coons just want to get away cause their cover has been blown and they know the dogs will come next.

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“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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post #5 of 10
5/21/12 at 8:23am

The raccoons around here are active at night.  Would the guineas alert us at night or are they blind like chickens at night?

S.E. OK,  retired on 60 acres near Lake Texoma.  1 DW, 4 adult long gone kids, 16 horses, 1 toy poodle, 1 cat, 7 chickens: one each, RIR, SLW, JG, BSL(2), BO, Cx, many deer, raccoon and opposum.  

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S.E. OK,  retired on 60 acres near Lake Texoma.  1 DW, 4 adult long gone kids, 16 horses, 1 toy poodle, 1 cat, 7 chickens: one each, RIR, SLW, JG, BSL(2), BO, Cx, many deer, raccoon and opposum.  

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post #6 of 10
5/21/12 at 12:11pm

Racoons are one of Guineas top predators. I would not rely on them for "racoon control."

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post #7 of 10
5/21/12 at 12:35pm

Guineas are completely blind at night, they typically won't alert to raccoons or any other night time predator until panic sets it during an attack... and by them you've probably already lost at least one bird (if you are lucky enough to hear the commotion).

 

highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #8 of 10
5/24/12 at 6:49pm
Thread Starter 

We had 6 Guineas but unfortanatly we lost them to raccoons. (We shot 36 raccoons that summer). No we have 2 full grown and 12 keets. 

98 hens (in a 5 section laying chicken coop)

27 bantams (in a chicken tractor)

35 meat birds, 8 turkeys (in a large chicken coop)

9 guienas and 8 roosters (both free range) 

28 ducks, 3 geese (2 ponds one big and one small)

2 dogs, 12 cats

4 horses, 93 sheep, 3 pigs

5 barns, 1 green house, 2 houses, and 63.5 acers

 

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98 hens (in a 5 section laying chicken coop)

27 bantams (in a chicken tractor)

35 meat birds, 8 turkeys (in a large chicken coop)

9 guienas and 8 roosters (both free range) 

28 ducks, 3 geese (2 ponds one big and one small)

2 dogs, 12 cats

4 horses, 93 sheep, 3 pigs

5 barns, 1 green house, 2 houses, and 63.5 acers

 

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post #9 of 10
5/25/12 at 11:54am

Wow, 36!  You must live in the deep south?  Actually, we haven't seen any lately.  Neighbor got a pyrenees dog and he might have run them off.  I need to find a LGD for 4-footed (and 2- footed) critters.

S.E. OK,  retired on 60 acres near Lake Texoma.  1 DW, 4 adult long gone kids, 16 horses, 1 toy poodle, 1 cat, 7 chickens: one each, RIR, SLW, JG, BSL(2), BO, Cx, many deer, raccoon and opposum.  

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S.E. OK,  retired on 60 acres near Lake Texoma.  1 DW, 4 adult long gone kids, 16 horses, 1 toy poodle, 1 cat, 7 chickens: one each, RIR, SLW, JG, BSL(2), BO, Cx, many deer, raccoon and opposum.  

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post #10 of 10
5/25/12 at 6:35pm
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No, I live in west michigan.

98 hens (in a 5 section laying chicken coop)

27 bantams (in a chicken tractor)

35 meat birds, 8 turkeys (in a large chicken coop)

9 guienas and 8 roosters (both free range) 

28 ducks, 3 geese (2 ponds one big and one small)

2 dogs, 12 cats

4 horses, 93 sheep, 3 pigs

5 barns, 1 green house, 2 houses, and 63.5 acers

 

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98 hens (in a 5 section laying chicken coop)

27 bantams (in a chicken tractor)

35 meat birds, 8 turkeys (in a large chicken coop)

9 guienas and 8 roosters (both free range) 

28 ducks, 3 geese (2 ponds one big and one small)

2 dogs, 12 cats

4 horses, 93 sheep, 3 pigs

5 barns, 1 green house, 2 houses, and 63.5 acers

 

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