Caught The Thief! Don't Mess With My Orpington!

[The Yakima Kid]

Anyone have any tricks to get the skunk smell out?

Try this from the University of Nebraska extension - it is like a textbook on how to remove skunk odor from people, pets, clothing, buildings, etc.

Follow the directions for Paul Krebaum's formula and use an open bowl to mix it and use immediately. It turns the thiols into odorless acids. Tomato juice is messy, staining, and not as effective.

http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/live/g2100/build/g2100.pdf

 

[JBJ Poultry]

I wished i would have known this a few months ago.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

Totally agree. The eggs he stole were fertile and had been incubated by my hen for about 2 weeks so it was very necessary.

Lucky he didn't kill the hen. If you hadn't killed him, he'd have come back for her.

 

[nicole camp]

A coon got a few baby chicks a couple days ago. Stole them right from the mother.

 

[margaret8]

I just shot a opossum. Outside the pen I'll leave them alone inside the pen they're mine! I just cleaned out the coop and I had found some old eggs, very ripe eggs! I set them on top of a barrel of feed. I went out just now to lock up my birds for the night and on top of the barrel sets the opossum. I hit him with my rake. I think I just stunned him. So...I went and got my 25 magnum revolver need I say more. He is now the late opossum! The opening to my coop is on the other side in the big pen so he couldn't get to them. My birds are all fine. I ck inside the coop to make sure. Tomorrow I have find out how he got in because my green will go in that pen!

 

[ManyBirds3]

Yes, sadly I had to kill him with my .22.

 

[ManyBirds3]

I'm so sorry yr birds were hurt/killed... And I know u didn't want to kill a cute lil coon! It's nature tho.... Xoxoxox

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good job!

 

[Oliver Douglas]

I adhere to the three "S" method when dealing with varmints...shoot, shovel, shut up.

 

[WldFlwrs]

How long does it take to get from city thinking (aw you killed it) to farm animal thinking (necessary death)? I've moved from Houston where I grew up to a teeny tiny town on a farm Mentally get the necessity to kill, but still feel bad for it. My husband and family laugh because I'll kill an animal when I have to, but cry about it. Even I admit it's funny