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This is great advice. We have spent a lot of time (and money) on our coop this year. We have raccoons. We killed one years ago, but that hasn’t stopped them. We regularly catch them on the game camera exploring the outside of our coop. I am feeling comfortable that the birds are safe locked up...

We raised pigs with our neighbor a few years back, but I couldn’t feed them or I would get too attached. My neighbors raise their own beef, pork and chickens. I have a local source I can buy from. That works for me.

Our local game wardens used to put on a game dinner. It was interesting to try different meats as long as someone else was cooking. I can’t say I would go to the trouble of catching, skinning, and cooking myself. If I had to provide my own meat I could easily be a vegetarian. I can’t even bear...

It may not be subjective depending on what the law is in each state.

My mistake, they “can” carry rabies (they are rabies vectors) and that is the reason you can not relocate in Vermont. I had no intention of misleading anyone. Saying as you stated “Raccoons do not carry rabies” can also be misleading and untrue. And yes, other animals can carry rabies, so it’s a...

So sad😥

Given the fact that raccoons are rabies vectors, I wouldn’t suggest using it for anything. My state game warden actually told me to “ shoot it and out it out in your trash.”.

In Vermont it’s illegal to relocate raccoons because they carry rabies. My state game warden told me to shoot it.

That’s a good tip. We have set numerous traps and never caught anything.

Our camera is a Moultrie. I know there are clearer more expensive ones out there, but we can get a decent image. They sell them at Walmart in a range of prices.

Wishing you the best.

It might also help to get or borrow a game camera. It’s amazing what animals you will see. We have seen raccoons, weasels, cats, and skunks. My cousin actually caught a bear attacking her chicken coop.

So so sorry. Are you saying they attacked your brooder from underneath? I have 1/2 inch hardware cloth around my chicken run. I was hoping that would be good enough. I had rats dig underneath a small chicken coop that was sitting on pallets. It bit the feet of my chickens.