For us, only way to rid our yard of Raccoon is to dispatch. We tried for weeks to trap a huge coon and finally got him by using marshmallows as bait in the back of a "have a heart" trap. We had him on trail cam and he couldn't resist the marshmallows. easy, cheap bait!(cat food, tuna, chix leg..didnt work) 22 did the job after that.. Good luck. Very dangerous to your chickens!