Cant catch this predator, Updated last post

[chicknmania]

WE have only had to kill predators TWICE in the six years we have had chickens. Once was because it was a mother and young raccoon who killed fifteen birds in our flock over a period of time and simply would not go away, and we felt terrible about killing them. The other time, most recently, was rats. If you want to call them predators, they do eat the viable eggs and young chicks. And again, it was a scenario where we had no other choice. Killing predators b/c there is no time or money to deal with them in another way has never even crossed my mind. We live in the woods and understand that all things need to eat, and we welcome and provide habitat for wildlife. It is up to us to come up with workable solutions, that are not lethal, as far as protecting our livestock. And we have. Everyone can, if you think about it, and research it.

 

[dacjohns]

From the sticky

*Although some ways are not considered ideal to some, it serves the purpose of removing the offending predator. If you have an idea or a helpful comment, please do reply. If it is a sarcastic comment about the disposal or capture of a predator, please keep your thoughts to yourself. We are not here to judge one another on methods or ways and means.​

 

[yotetrapper]

See, not everyone is like you though chicknmania. Many people like me have grown up hunting and trapping and it's nothing to us to kill a coon or coyote that's bothering our chickens, heck we kill the ones that aren't bothering them. Less people hunt and trap nowadays, and the populations of these critters are exploding, until diseases like rabies and mange wipe em out. Ever see a mangy coyote? I'll guarantee ya thats a whole lot crueler way to die than the bottom of the pond! Reckon disease is God's way of saying if you lazy humans aren't going to make use of the meat and fur I provided you with, guess I'll have to keep 'em in check myself. Hunting and trapping aint for everyone, but some of us here do enjoy it, I'm sorry you've never got the chance to learn to love the outdoors as we do.

 

[SurprisingWoman]

AHappyChick, you do whatever you need to do to protect your animals. If other people have a problem with it then it is their problem, not yours.

I am so glad dacjohns posted that part of the sticky, you would be surprised the people that forget that.

If I were close I would come over and help you.

I am glad your kitty came home and wish you the best.

 

[jerseygirl1]

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We know you spend a lot of time, energy and love into what you do

 

[booker81]

I know for the horse farm, coon and possum are a bit no-no (EPM carriers). We used to try to trap and shoot, but sometimes you just can't get the buggers.

The best fix we had on them was the Golden Malrin and.......Pepsi. Mix it up in a bowl, set it out where NOTHING YOU DON'T WANT KILLED can get to it, and leave it out for the night.

Be aware - you will deal with the results. One night of doing this, we opened the haybarn to a massacre of coon and possum. I think we had something like 15 or so. None made it farther than about 15 feet from the dish, a couple died in it (we did a big batch in a big dish). It's drastic. Make doubly sure no cats, dogs, children can get to it (though it sounds like you've been very careful, so that shouldn't be an issue!)

 

[jerseygirl1]

WHat is GOlden Malrin??

 

[jerseygirl1]

I foudn it, thanks for the info

 

[booker81]

Glad you found it - for general info, it's fly bait/poison. Very lethal and very, very quick. You can get it at most feed stores.

 

[aprophet]

if you start seeing cats and dogs go away you are probably looking at coyotes being your problem I have been almost drowned twice and asphyxiated once not cruel no pain until you are brought back and start spitting up water, swallowing the water part is not painful electrocution now thats painful (3 times) another option nobody has mentioned is to capture said animal in a leghold trap and the use a bodygrip trap to dispatch it with a lot quieter then firearms and fairly quick . I think I read your location as mass I think you are fairly restricted in what traps you can legaly use