Raccoon attack last night. Need advice.

[my3chickens]

I would hope that if you decided to trap them that you certainly wouldn't drown them...... It's a living, breathing, creature that can suffer and feel pain no matter how much of an annoyance they are.

I would focus on predator proofing your coop and if you're set on trapping, relocating is a much more humane alternative.

 

[musson]

Nothing works line a good ELECTRIC FENCE. We haven't lost a chicken since we installed it.

My opinion is you can kill all of the wild predators you want, there will always be more.

 

[ivan3]

my3chickens wrote: I would hope that if you decided to trap them that you certainly wouldn't drown them...... It's a living, breathing, creature that can suffer and feel pain no matter how much of an annoyance they are.

*Although some ways are not considered ideal to some, it serves the purpose of removing the offending predator. If you have an idea or a helpful comment, please do reply. If it is a sarcastic comment about the disposal or capture of a predator, please keep your thoughts to yourself. We are not here to judge one another on methods or ways and means.

From the sticky: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5808

The member has already wounded one with a pellet gun. I doubt he'll have razor wire being dosed with household current by later this evening, why I suggested the trap. The member owns what sounds to be a nice pellet gun, but a kill shot in a trap might be more problematic and painful than a quick dip (can't fire the .22 without les flics showing up...). Releasing a cage smart coon? Some other poor chook-runner might well pay the price. Living, breathing, chicken killing vermin include everything from blood sucking arthropods to blood lapping mammals. Distinctions, in means and methods, based on appearance, often results in dead chooks.​

 

[Prodigal son]

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*Although some ways are not considered ideal to some, it serves the purpose of removing the offending predator. If you have an idea or a helpful comment, please do reply. If it is a sarcastic comment about the disposal or capture of a predator, please keep your thoughts to yourself. We are not here to judge one another on methods or ways and means.

From the sticky: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5808

The member has already wounded one with a pellet gun. I doubt he'll have razor wire being dosed with household current by later this evening, why I suggested the trap. The member owns what sounds to be a nice pellet gun, but a kill shot in a trap might be more problematic and painful than a quick dip (can't fire the .22 without les flics showing up...). Releasing a cage smart coon? Some other poor chook-runner might well pay the price. Living, breathing, chicken killing vermin include everything from blood sucking arthropods to blood lapping mammals. Distinctions, in means and methods, based on appearance, often results in dead chooks.​

Brand new here and this my first post but I could not agree more. Eliminate the problem once and for all, don't just pass it off to someone else.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My question is can i put 4, 5 day old chicks under a broody hen? Their momma was killed by a preditor and we have a very broody hen at the moment but no eggs, and would love to see these chicks raised by a hen. Thank you in advance

 

[my3chickens]

My first solution would be to predator proof the coop...... I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods, certainly wouldn't release in a populated area where it would cause a problem for someone else.

Good Luck to you.

 

[ivan3]

Prodigal son wrote: Brand new here and this my first post but I could not agree more. Eliminate the problem once and for all, don't just pass it off to someone else.

As has been mentioned by other members they will keep coming. However, one can almost always remove and retire the most proximate threat. And, if one is not in the city and expects to free range with fewer losses, then trapping will, indeed, decrease the overall frequency of predation.

Good to have you onboard!​

 

[Turner]

Any time you are dealing with Coons you have to worry about Rabies!

 

[hipeatall]

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I totally agree with you about not drowning them. But I don't agree with this "relocation" notion. There are no raccoon sanctuaries out there that I know of. I live out in the country... a place far enough out that some might think it okay to relocate an annoyance, like a raccoon or two. Well, it's not okay... I love my chickens too. If you need to get rid of a predator... you must do just that and you must finish the job you've set out to do. It's not cool at all to just pass your problems on to someone else. Just like it wouldn't be cool for me to start dumping my extra roos out in the suburbs... something I would, of course, never dream of doing... okay maybe dream... but never actually do.

 

[my3chickens]

It looks like I should have explained myself when I said trap and release... Again I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods so releasing them wouldn't be passing my problems on to someone else, something I certainly wouldn't want to do. If an animal becomes a constant nuisance and I have tried all avenues to solve the problem I certainly am not adverse to taking care of the problem in the most humane manner available.