Pray for my girls...a skunks about

[Viksceeks]

Im sorry I can't give you a good answer, but putting a no kill cage out to safely catch the skunk to remove him from your hens home would be one way to rid yourself of the pb. Or a way you fill comfortable with to remove the problem

That's what I did last year with them. I don't have the heart to kill an animal. I caught, and released onto a empty lot next door. I love the stinkers, even if they smell and harass my girls

 

[Viksceeks]

I have bird feeders out for the wild birds intermittently; when skunk, raccoon, or opossums show up, the feeders are left empty for weeks at least. The birds go to a neighbor's, and the varmits move on too.
37 skunks in my yard?? NO WAY!!!
Mary

If I seen that many in my yard, the house for sale sign is going up

 

[aart]

I caught, and released onto a empty lot next door.

Next door?!?!
Like on 20 acre lots??
If closer, why bother trapping?

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

I used to have a bad attitude towards skunks until I learned that they dig up and eat yellow jackets. Now they have my blessing. Locked up in a coop, or roosting in trees, your chickens will be fine.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Next door?!?!
Like on 20 acre lots??
If closer, why bother trapping?

Why bother was my thought too!

Contrary to BYC lore though, a trapped animal does not always just turn around and come right back

I suspect many critters find the experience unpleasant and avoid people and buildings afterward ...

Still, though I would think if releasing next door ( even if the lot was 20 acres) the chance of seeing that critter again would be a heads or tails proposition... in the case of a skunk I’d be hoping it wasn’t tails

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I used to have a bad attitude towards skunks until I learned that they dig up and eat yellow jackets. Now they have my blessing. Locked up in a coop, or roosting in trees, your chickens will be fine.

They also sit at the front of a honey bee hives and eat the bees

 

[Folly's place]

Skunks are cute, at a distance. NOT in the yard, barn, or coop!!! When we had hives here, they had electric fencing to protect them from the critters. otherwise, no bees, and no hives!
Mary

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Skunks are cute, at a distance. NOT in the yard, barn, or coop!!! When we had hives here, they had electric fencing to protect them from the critters. otherwise, no bees, and no hives!
Mary

My hives are spread out and not near electric... so I just rely on elevated stands and a low skunk population....

interestingly I watched a video of a possum eating honey bees from a hive front too... they stung the dickens out of him... and then he shook it off and came back for another bite... that was new to me... not sure if that’s common though

 

[Folly's place]

I'd believe it though.

 

[Viksceeks]

Next door?!?!
Like on 20 acre lots??
If closer, why bother trapping?

I wish lol, try an acre. It's illegal where I am to release or kill off my own property and frankly I don't have a way to transport them either. Killing them by a pro costs 150$ per skunk as well.
I like to think once they're caught, they don't come back, they usually sit in the cage for a long time before I get the nerve to transport across the yard and release them. I know for a fact I caught at least 2 different skunks. One was massive, I could hardly lift the cage, the other must have been a baby