Raccoon Attack

[Coldjensens]

The coons around us will just pull the heads off our chickens and leave. They do not eat them. They even leave the heads laying there.

One of our neighbors was live trapping them and bringing them to the outskirts of a small town on the mainland (we live on an island). He later learned a friend in that town was trapping coons and bringing them out to the island to release them.

Our local animal control told us to just kill them. They said they are all inbred and diseased and if we take them elsewhere o release them, we will be spreading the diseases and genetic disorders. We finally just coon proofed our run and coop. Problem is human error. every once in a while someone forgets to latch something and we find our friends of the day before with detached heads it is sad and sickening. I hate coons. At least hawks and eagles and coyotes and foxes carry them off to eat and do not just rip their heads off and leave them. I have to admit I secretly rejoice every time I see a dead coon in the road.

 

[Sixpets]

The same attack happened to me but got two 1 and a half olds.

 

[Kriston]

I'm so fed up with raccoons. I lost two jersey giants last night, & last week i lost a columbian rock cross to a fox under my bedroom window. Hearing her panicked squawking in the middle of the night was horrific, & it all happened so fast, there was nothing I could do to stop it. (She liked to sleep in the Japanese maple outside my window).
Last night's attack was inside the chicken coop, but i discovered their carcasses this morning in the run surrounding my coop, which is all surrounded by a 6' fence. .. Obviously, that isn't good enough. It makes me mad that I feed my family chicken from the grocery, but the dang raccoon get my organic, free range chicken! I'm feeling defeated.

 

[SunnySkies]

This is why I got livestock guardian dogs.

Haven't lost a chicken since the dogs arrived. Raccoons are no longer tearing up the trash and getting into the greenhouse to eat tender plants.

Best investment I have made for my farm so far. They are not for everyone, and it does take time and work, but it might be something to consider.