racoons

[florida chickenz]

will a rooster protect a flock from racoons

 

[elmo]

He may try, but he'll typically lose that battle unless it's a very young, inexperienced raccoon.

 

[austinandkara]

He won't protect a flock successfully from raccoons. The best you can do is locking your flock inside a coop or shelter at night.

 

[cgtara3]

Raccoons are much tougher than any rooster...plus can see at night, whereas the rooster is blind in the dark. Who will have the upper hand then? Unfortunately the coon.

 

[Celtic Chick]

My big 'ol dumb rooster would sleep through a tornado.......

 

[mmaddie's mom]

Coon attacks here are always at night and that means roosters and all are at a real disadvantage... sitting ducks so to speak...

 

[dgecko]

Introduce the racoons to either mr S and W or get you a live trap and rehome the ones you catch to a different area. Just by trying to scare them won't work once they know theres a great easy food supply close. You might want to lock your birds up at night until the problem is solved

 

[theFox]

Quote:
Be very careful on doing any rehoming, it is most likely illegal and even where it is legal there are frequently other requirements that must be met to legally relocate a wild animal.

In some states the simple act of placing a wild animal in or on a vehicle requires a transportation tag.

 

[good ole boy]

this time of year they have little ones so they might come in a group and wipe out a whole flock, i know that first hand. trap em or just do it the good ole fashion way with a little lead

 

[hennyannie]

Last year I lost a whole crop of sweet corn the day before we were to harvest it, so I have to go with the lead idea. Also we have had a big prob with rabies in N.C., most times the animal was a coon, this puts you at risk if you handle an injured chicken. Also keep in mind that once they get a taste for chicken it become their primary diet.