I knew it was too good to be true. Its been almost 2 years since I started
Keeping chickens and I never had any predator attacks.
All of that changed 2 nights ago. Went out to the barn Saturday morning
As usual and found one of the hens with no head or neck anymore and
All of the other birds scared to death. I knew at that point that I had a coon
In the barn somewhere. I fell asleep early Saturday evening and woke up at
9:00pm and something told me that I needed to go check on em. As I got close
To the barn I heard a hen screaming for life and I started running and when
I rounded the corner I saw a big coon jumping on top of one of my white leghorn
Hens. I yelled and shined the spotlight on both of em and she got away and he
Ran up a tree.
I got everyone settled and went back to the house to get the .22 and the wife to
Hold the light for me. When we got back out there, he was still there and must
Have known what was gonna happen and he took off running before I could get a
Shot off.
I ended up going to tsc on Sunday then and got a live trap. I ended up catching
A pretty good size coon then sometime early Monday morning. Now, you would
Think after killing my girls in a gruesome manner, I wouldn't have a problem with
Going ahead and shooting him and being done with it, but I am. When I look at the
Fella in that trap, I see an animal that is just doing what he is supposed to do to survive.
So, the question is, what can I do with this heathen so that he and I don't cross paths
Again and I can keep my girls safe?
I appreciate any ideas y'all may have for me. I'm just not the guy that likes to kill
For no good reason.
Take care everyone.
CT
Keeping chickens and I never had any predator attacks.
All of that changed 2 nights ago. Went out to the barn Saturday morning
As usual and found one of the hens with no head or neck anymore and
All of the other birds scared to death. I knew at that point that I had a coon
In the barn somewhere. I fell asleep early Saturday evening and woke up at
9:00pm and something told me that I needed to go check on em. As I got close
To the barn I heard a hen screaming for life and I started running and when
I rounded the corner I saw a big coon jumping on top of one of my white leghorn
Hens. I yelled and shined the spotlight on both of em and she got away and he
Ran up a tree.
I got everyone settled and went back to the house to get the .22 and the wife to
Hold the light for me. When we got back out there, he was still there and must
Have known what was gonna happen and he took off running before I could get a
Shot off.
I ended up going to tsc on Sunday then and got a live trap. I ended up catching
A pretty good size coon then sometime early Monday morning. Now, you would
Think after killing my girls in a gruesome manner, I wouldn't have a problem with
Going ahead and shooting him and being done with it, but I am. When I look at the
Fella in that trap, I see an animal that is just doing what he is supposed to do to survive.
So, the question is, what can I do with this heathen so that he and I don't cross paths
Again and I can keep my girls safe?
I appreciate any ideas y'all may have for me. I'm just not the guy that likes to kill
For no good reason.
Take care everyone.
CT