skunks anyone?

[ahensnest]

LOL, my poor mom let Rocky in before she realized he had been sprayed. then finally got him back outside ad he pouted on the porch all day. She bathed him in some vinegar/peroxide/baking soda concoction she found online but he still smells a bit.

We may try the bucket trap, I hate to have to but really would be upset if the skunk got ahold of all my chickens

some of them are older and not as feisty/ quick as they used to be. Thank you for the advice

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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It will take a while to get rid of all the smell, the concoctions are more for making it "bearable."

Go ahead and try to bucket trap, you never know, your "friend" may have already moved on to another area. I would check the bucket trap(any trap) often, you don't want to accidently drown any "curious kitties." That reminds me, you don't have cats or any other "curious critters" that would climb the trap "just cause" would you? If you do, the solution would be simple, just keep the bucket securely covered until everyone is locked up for the night.

-Kim

 

[ahensnest]

no, we have no kitties at the moment so that's not a problem.

 

[DouglasPeeps]

We have been trying to get rid of the skunks that made a home under a side of our chicken coop. I am pretty sure that the skunk has a "litter" of babies under there are well. I will take any and all suggestions to get rid of these! My chicks are almost 6 weeks old, so they are still inside the hen house, and haven't gone out into the run yet. But I would like the skunk gone by the time I start letting them outside. No one has been sprayed. But we have seen the mama skunk a couple of times and smell her all the time. YUCK!

 

[chickenannie]

There's a skunk that lives around my farm. All I notice is that he comes around at night (can smell him faintly) and he digs little holes in the lawn looking for grubs. Never had trouble other than that, they never steal eggs, except that I live in FEAR that I'll get sprayed, so if I do chores and smell the skunk I make noise so it knows to run away. It's been 3 years without trouble though.
Just remember a skunk sprays while its FACING you, (not if its back end is toward you). They arch their spine around 180 degrees and spray toward where they're looking.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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Do you want them gone or "gone"(destroyed)?

If you want them just evicted, pick up a phone book and look for "wildlife removal". Call around, try animal control and see if you can't locate someone who will come get them for you. You may find someone to do it for free, or even for a small fee, but you have the satisfaction of knowing you didn't destroy a family of "Flowers". LOL.

If you want them destroyed, try the water-bucket traps or even a live-trap for momma-skunk. The babies, if they are too young, will have to be dug out, or left to starve.

If it were me, I would call around and see who you could find. We have wildlife rehabilitators around here who would probably come get them just for the opportunity of releasing them somewhere they are suppose to be(not under the chicken coop).

-Kim

 

[DouglasPeeps]

Do you want them gone or "gone"(destroyed)?

If you want them just evicted, pick up a phone book and look for "wildlife removal". Call around, try animal control and see if you can't locate someone who will come get them for you. You may find someone to do it for free, or even for a small fee, but you have the satisfaction of knowing you didn't destroy a family of "Flowers". LOL.

If you want them destroyed, try the water-bucket traps or even a live-trap for momma-skunk. The babies, if they are too young, will have to be dug out, or left to starve.



If it were me, I would call around and see who you could find. We have wildlife rehabilitators around here who would probably come get them just for the opportunity of releasing them somewhere they are suppose to be(not under the chicken coop).

-Kim

I called "critter control" first and they wanted $450.00 + to remove them. Way out of my price range. I can think of other ways that are much cheaper.

I know it sounds mean, but I just want them gone, don't really care how, just gone.

Would I actually just look up wildlife removal in my phone book? If that is right I will look today and let you know what they say.

Yea! Maybe we can have this taken care of right away.​

 

[ahensnest]

WOW!! 450.00! I hate the idea of having to destroy them but if ts them or my chickens I have to protect my chickens! I'm fairly certain its the skunk who did this, my poor roo has a big cut on his side and we have cleaned it and put blue coat on it, we'll have to see how he does

 

[Chirpy]

Tomato juice truly works wonders on getting rid of the smell on a dog that had a direct hit. It costs a bit to buy enough to bathe the dog in (if it's a big dog - but it does work). Also, they now have great store bought items at pet shops for getting rid of the skunk order from animals that got sprayed.

We let our dog out to use the potty, a few minutes later we heard quite the yelping. My husband ran to the door, opened it to see what was happening and our dog tore into the house and ran directly to our bedroom (which, by the way, he was never allowed in and never ran in there before that), jumped onto our bed and began rolling around getting caught in the covers and twisting them all over himself. He was yowling the whole time.

We realized what had happened about 1/4 of a second after my hubby opened the door - the dog was inside in an 1/8th of a second - oh bugger!!

We couldn't breathe in our house, couldn't sleep in our bed for days - the stench was down into the mattress cover. I slept in our car in the driveway that first night. Oh the memories!

By the way, our big dog met up with a skunk a few months ago - it wasn't a direct hit this time ... no big deal. But - no one told that skunk that he was to face us/dog when he sprayed -- all we saw was the backend before he fired. So, there must be some skunks out there that didn't read that book!

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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I was afraid of a big fee. LOL. I can think of cheaper ways too. I would look up wildlife removal, animal control, and local wildlife rehabilitators, if they can't help you for a decent price ask them if they know who can.

If you can't find anyone, go ahead and set the water-bucket trap for momma and then dig out the little ones. You can either "take care" of the offspring and be done with it, or you can call the wildlife rehabilitators back and say you have a litter of "abandoned" skunks. Wildlife rehabilitators may not want to deal with mother-dearest but most of them can't resist bottle-feeding young'uns.

Keep us posted so we can continue to help and offer advice.

-Kim