Really confused.

[HomesteaderWife]

Is he still in there right now? Hopefully you can trap if before there is a potential for harm. Use safety, please!

 

[savvychickz]

Is he still in there right now? Hopefully you can trap if before there is a potential for harm. Use safety, please!

No he got spooked off once I walked in to let my chickens out, he’ll probably be back though.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@savvychickz - They start getting active when the rest of the woods is settling down, so when the chickens start heading for the roost, shut them up quick and have a live trap set. Try to make sure there is no loose feed other than what's in the trap and leading out the door. If he's hungry, you'll find him in there quick (we've had catches within 3 hours of setting one).

 

[savvychickz]

@savvychickz - They start getting active when the rest of the woods is settling down, so when the chickens start heading for the roost, shut them up quick and have a live trap set. Try to make sure there is no loose feed other than what's in the trap and leading out the door. If he's hungry, you'll find him in there quick (we've had catches within 3 hours of setting one).

Thank you for the information! I will definitely try to trap him tonight! I’ll keep you all updated.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@savvychickz - How did it go?

 

[savvychickz]

We have set the trap up now, we couldn’t do it yesterday something urgent came up. He was just outside so now we’ll wait and see.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

Hope all is well for you! Good luck catching him

 

[savvychickz]

Raccoon has been caught, and it won’t be coming back now.

 

[Duck_life]

Daytime coons mostly result in rabies or he is sick "most of the time" or he might have been very hungry at that moment of day, don't keep him their

 

[Henriettamom919]

May be sick. They should not be out like that. I would shoot it ASAP

That's actually a myth. Raccoons who are competing for food with other nocturnal critters will often take to daytime eating if they can reliably predict a food source. It's especially common in nursing mamas and juveniles who are too far down the local pecking order to secure a territory.

For sure get it out of there as its just trouble waiting to happen but a daytime raccoon isn't always sick, it's actually pretty common this time of year.