Coons and Chickens... Apparently can co-exist.

[Imp]

Here's me up close and personal with a couple very young raccoons this last summer.

One is still hanging around. It's much more skittish now.

Imp

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

How neat. Thanks for sharing.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I did enjoy the story - it must have been somewhat surreal to see them come up over the barn roof like that.

Near our cabin we now have a city-slicker that has built him a house in the woods. He has a bait pile for bear about 30 feet from his back door. After two years, he now has up to 15 bear in his yard in the evening. Granted that night it was a bunch of sows with two or three cubs each. There are even a couple of big boys that he hand feeds.

He doesn't believe in hunting, his guns are "only for the two-footed predator" as he says.

Just waiting to see the news story of his demise on the local news. Although that one may go nationwide.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

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That's dumb. That's more than dumb. That's ignorant. Wow.

 

[ontimeborzoi]

Thats what those Darwin Awards are for. : )

 

[aprophet]

scratch'n'peck :

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Scary! That's what would happen if the coons were cut off from their Lil' Debbie treats. In the mean time I guess desert really does ruin the appetite for chicken dinner. They sound like a sweet couple who will won't leave their coon friends going thru a sugar withdrawal.

just think if little debbie catches wind of this might wanna go and buy some stock now LOL​

 

[pamperedpoultry]

Love it! We raised 4 baby raccoons, their mom was ran over and we heard them screaming for a few days and finally located them.. they really are awesome creatures.. Curious lil boogers too.. ours loved dogfood and sugar pops.. everything we gave them to eat they would wash in water first before eating.. I miss them.. we have a few that come now and eat the leftover dog food and cat food on the porch at night.. I love to watch them.

need to find my pic's of them. we've got some when they were still babies laying on their backs holding their bottles with all 4 feet.. so cute!!

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

My cousin, who is a breed all his own, used to have a pet raccoon.

Once he did something wrong, can't remember what, and my Uncle was going down the hall to give him a whoopin'.. so my cousin hid under the bed. That raccoon wouldn't let me Uncle through the bedroom door.


It's one of those family stories that circulates that we all laugh at.

Of course this is the same cousin that had an alligator in his bathtub.

 

[annie3001]

thats awesome! thanks for sharing your story!

 

[Attack Chicken]

Just remembered the show on Animal Planet "Fatal Attractions"