Keeping the raccoons away

[aladore]

I am shaking so bad. I have four white pekin ducks. I let them free range during the day and they get locked up at night, I never thought I could love them as much as I do.I work from home so its easy to care for them and my other pets. Today at 1 in the afternoon they where quacking so bad. I ran out to find them being chased by a raccoon. MY hands are still shaking. How am I going to keep them safe? Does this mean they cant leave the pen. Please help. I am on the verge of tears.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Raccoons are terrible. I would buy or borrow a trap asap. If you are able to fence in the ducks or your property with electric fence that can also help.

 

[TominWa]

Raccoons are my worry too. Nasty, mean, vicious, sneaky, smart. You don't think to look up but I see them in the trees doing their Tarzan jumping with little ones trailing along. I built my run to be raccoon proof, but there is no such thing. Tricky little monsters.

 

[Michelle 0831]

Wow!I'd buy a live trap asap or go hunting if you live where can shoot a predator. It will keep coming back till you remove it one way or another. Just so you know ..

 

[Treguard]

Definitely get traps. I had a family of raccoons eat both of my Pekin Sisters and -then- tried to rip apart my chicken coop the next few nights.

It was very frustrating to say the least, but a combination of live traps and one of those arm traps helped tremendously. After a long week of catching, we finally had peace again.

 

[aladore]

Wow!I'd buy a live trap asap or go hunting if you live where can shoot a predator. It will keep coming back till you remove it one way or another. Just so you know ..

 

[aladore]

Thank you Michelle, that's what I heard from everyone else. Getting a trap right away. Thank again

 

[KentuckyRooster]

You have to either kill it, trap it or find a way to drive the thing off- otherwise they must be kept in a pen that is coon proof and they will try and try.

 

[chickens really]

Possibly it has young also?...If trapped shoot her if legal in your area?...Then reset the trap...She will have bigger boobs and bare from nursing if a female Coon...

 

[WildRunningWing]

I am shaking so bad. I have four white pekin ducks. I let them free range during the day and they get locked up at night, I never thought I could love them as much as I do.I work from home so its easy to care for them and my other pets. Today at 1 in the afternoon they where quacking so bad. I ran out to find them being chased by a raccoon. MY hands are still shaking. How am I going to keep them safe? Does this mean they cant leave the pen. Please help. I am on the verge of tears.

Do you have a dog? because we had a dog and the raccoons never came he's 74 pounds.