Flockincrazy
Crowing
Raccoons I always say are the devil I hate themWow. I never thought of hot peppers. I happen to have a supply of those right now from my garden! I will have to try that! I do want to get cinder blocks and put those around. I have no idea what got them. My dog was barking and trying to chase something off so I went outside and checked and couldn't find anything. I assume a raccoon.
On another note just crush the hot peppers especially the seeds put it around your coop and run and no critters reapply every month or after a big rain