Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Lacy Blues]

Walt, I was reading on another thread recently... someone was having trouble with feral cats wiping out their chick pens. Anyway, he took care of the problem by mixing some tylenol into a can of sardines. Yes, it killed the cats, but I wonder if it would do the same to coons? I have no idea what is poison to them but it might be worth checking into. Also, another person told me at one time that raccoons really like marshmallows and that if I wanted to bait them, to use marshmallows. I have no idea though. The only critters we ever caught in traps were skunks... maybe they got in the traps before the coons got a chance as skunks start moving around in the early evening and the coons generally come out a bit later (not sure about this though).

 

[Regin]

This particular coon is still loose, but they know when you are after them so he hasn't been here for over a month. I think it is him that ripped one of those fancy coops apart about an 8th mile from here. He just ripped the door off and when she went outside the coon had a big English Orp in a bear hug while standing on it's back legs like a bear would do. I am going to be very happy when I get this guy. I keep culls out where they can eat them to let me know if one is around. Nothing wants to eat my ugly Silkie. They just walk right by him sitting on my plastic chair. Raccoons are the very best poultry judges.

Walt

 

[Zanna]

Walt, I was reading on another thread recently... someone was having trouble with feral cats wiping out their chick pens. Anyway, he took care of the problem by mixing some tylenol into a can of sardines. Yes, it killed the cats, but I wonder if it would do the same to coons? I have no idea what is poison to them but it might be worth checking into. Also, another person told me at one time that raccoons really like marshmallows and that if I wanted to bait them, to use marshmallows. I have no idea though. The only critters we ever caught in traps were skunks... maybe they got in the traps before the coons got a chance as skunks start moving around in the early evening and the coons generally come out a bit later (not sure about this though).

I use marshmallows in the traps for the coons, works great! They need to be fresh so they still have the nice smell.

 

[fowlman01]

I use marshmallows in the traps for the coons, works great!  They need to be fresh so they still have the nice smell.

these will not go into a live trap.

W

 

[3riverschick]

I use marshmallows in the traps for the coons, works great! They need to be fresh so they still have the nice smell.

Peanut butter or tuna fish or fish based cat food.
Best,
Karen

 

[finnfur]

these will not go into a live trap.

W

That coons a hoot Walt.
Need a big cage trap or one way door into a covered coup run .
Also the leg trap will work.
You can tell thats a big Coon by the thickness of back legs .
Get em Walt

 

[fowlman01]

That coons a hoot Walt.
Need a big cage trap or one way door into a covered coup run .
Also the leg trap will work.
You can tell thats a big Coon by the thickness of back legs .
Get em Walt 

This guy will not go anywhere near any kind of trap. I have done whole minefields of leg hold traps and I catch everything except him. I have trapped a lot of predators over the years here and these big guys won't go near a trap...but they do go away when I'm after specifically them. I have even used live bait. He is not going to get any of my good birds, so this is more of a competition between him and me.

Walt

 

[gjensen]

The old timers around here use honeybuns. Raccoons are famous for having those certain individuals that are difficult to get.

 

[desertmarcy]

I was told use marshmallows with grape jelly. Never had to try it, thank goodness. I've only seen one coon around here in 34 years and it was a sickly, mangy looking thing. There are some places around Tucson that have problems with them, though. I thought bobcats were bad. Now I'm (almost) glad I have them as a problem and not raccoons.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Need a big cage trap or one way door into a covered coup run .

This sounds like a good idea. Maybe you could rig up a door that will close behind him and be caught by some kind of latch that they cannot undo. Have a bird in there that you don't want.

When I lived in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada we had big coons too. I never saw them alive but at a certain time every year there were loads of coons dead on the roads. Some of them were just huge!