how long until racoons give up on getting into coop?

[Folly's place]

Trapped in the coop?! Never have locks only operable from the outside! It's only funny later. Much later.
Mary

 

[McChooky]

Trapped in the coop?! Never have locks only operable from the outside! It's only funny later. Much later.
Mary

I was beating on an interior wall in the run with a hammer and the vibration caused the the slide bolt to move a inch and locked me in.
I'm careful about jarring that lock now

 

[McChooky]

Trapped in the coop?! Never have locks only operable from the outside! It's only funny later. Much later.
Mary

After no one came to my rescue I found a pry bar left in the corner( I never put all my tools up ) Forced the door open enough to open the lock myself. Terrifying! lol

 

[McChooky]

Scariest part was thinking someone did it deliberately but I did it myself.

 

[Mahtowagal]

Hunger is a terrible thing. I choose to leave food and water in the front of my house away from the coop, especially during spring when babies are born. I have not lost any of my free roaming chickens or ducks in all the years I've had them.

Yes- I do the same. I put about 1/2 quart cracked corn and sunflower seeds out every night in front of the house along with water. The raccoon will eat for hours. He no longer tries to get in to my run ( supposedly predator proof with hardware cloth) I do lock my girls in the coop every night which is also predator proof. I think a full tummy satisfied raccoon isn’t going to go through the work when easy food is available. I feel for them too…

 

[RoseHawke]

I haven't read this whole thread, so someone may have already mentioned this, but from what I've seen raccoons have a circuit that they will follow. If food was there once, they will always check. I have raccoons on the deck almost every single night. We feed feral cats on our deck and pick up the food before dark, but on the very rare occasion have forgotten. That's all it takes.

 

[McChooky]

Patch any holes you overlooked especially any rat tunnels.Snakes and weasels will enter a rat tunnel in search of baby rats and will inevitably get inside