The problem with setting out sweet, fragrant poison is that dogs and potentially endangered species also like it. With a trap, you can dispatch the animal under your control. Whereas with poisoning, you could send some little kid's dog home to die and not even know it! Depending on where you...
I have a little roost pole but they don't use it. I sent a vendor of mine an email, I'm going to install a drain pan underneath the coop. This will block predators from the bottom and allow me to catch the poop and use it as fertalizer
So it probably was a racoon then. **** that sucks. I just finished setting up a box trap. I put some chocolate, marshmallows and bread with honey in there. Any thing else you think I should put in?
I have a small coop that is raised off the floor outside. I have half inch hardware cloth on the bottom and chicken wire on the sides. I noticed one morning that a chicken of mine was bleeding by his head and thought he was pecked. Then I noticed some are missing toes! I looks like some dirt...