Help! There is a skunk in my coop now!

[cluckmecoop7]

So it's been in there since sunday?

 

[cmom]

Hi Mary, I found where he got in. He dug under the coop. Filled it with orange peels and cat litter. I'll be getting a live trap soon I guess. How do I avoid him spaying me when I catch him? Do you know?

I'm not Mary but I would throw something over the trap. Once they spray it's several days (around 10 days) before they can spray again.

 

[bobbi-j]

Is it still in the coop? I don’t recall reading if food and water are in the coop. If they are, if you can safely do so, move them outside. That may encourage it to go looking elsewhere for food.

 

[TCCL]

This thread is exciting. I don’t have anything useful to add really but it made me remember a few years ago when a skunk sprayed right outside my open bedroom window while I slept. I vomited 3 times that day.

 

[WallyBirdie]

Well, with my luck I will get sprayed! Hopefully I can shoot him before I buy a trap! Sorry for the late reply earlier!!

Skunks do not usually spray what they can't see. @Folly's place tarp idea is a good one.

 

[ChickenFlamingo]

Marking this down as yet another reason to be thankful I live in Scotland where the most dangerous animal is the haggis.

 

[Henry&Friends]

I went out and tried to scare it away but it stomped it's feet at me like a challenge so I went in and got my gun and when I came out it did it again so it was bye bye skunk.

I bet that skunk learned to pick on someone their own size that day...


I have no experience with disposing of predators, but I’m going to keep lurking this thread so I’ll know for future reference....

 

[cmom]

I dug a huge hole on the back side of our property. Every time I caught a skunk I would cover the trap take it out to the hole. Hubby would open the trap and when the skunk would come out, I would shoot it and it went in the hole with some dirt to cover it. Of course they did stink but immediately shoveling some dirt over it did help.

 

[njradcliffe]

skunks actually attack the head and neck of the chicken, and they will usually tear out the throat and neck area of the chicken to kill the bird, and they will then eat as much of the chicken as they need.

 

[drjulian]

Maybe dispatch him right in the coop if the chickens are roosting and he is on the ground. He may spray but seems like he already has