If they are young enough, take a 5 gal bucket and grab them wearing good heavy leather gloves, and dispose of them. If that cannot be done, relocate birds first then douse the place with ammonia solution. Observe to see how they got there in the first place, and repair it. kReplace litter afterwards to eliminate frumes. If that does not work, connect a hose to the exhaust pipe of your car, drop the other end inside of the coop, plug vents, and start the car. They will leave or die, period.
Why should anyone take a sobbing, hand-wringing approach to vermin that chose to live off of us? We practice live and let live on our farm, but not when anything threatens us or ours. Skunks suck eggs. And, if a skunk can get in, so can a weasel and maybe a fox or coon. Any of those three will destroy your flock. As poultry owners by choice, we have the choice to either protect our flock and investment of time, labor, and money, or to feed the opportunistic and lazy predators nearby. We cannot have it both ways.
Why should anyone take a sobbing, hand-wringing approach to vermin that chose to live off of us? We practice live and let live on our farm, but not when anything threatens us or ours. Skunks suck eggs. And, if a skunk can get in, so can a weasel and maybe a fox or coon. Any of those three will destroy your flock. As poultry owners by choice, we have the choice to either protect our flock and investment of time, labor, and money, or to feed the opportunistic and lazy predators nearby. We cannot have it both ways.
