Will electric fence keep racoons out?

[Chook-A-Holic]

Baiting the electric fence also helps. I have little cups that I made out of tin-foil on the corners of my runs. About every 2 to 4 weeks I put hot dogs, cat food, or just table scraps in the tin-foil cups to keep the predators in check. When you first start doing it you will hear all kinds of things getting hit by the electric fence. After awhile the food will have to be removed and thrown away due to nothing bothering it. The surrounding animals learn fast to stay away from the coops/runs. I seldom even have a loose dog running through my property anymore.

 

[Azriel]

I saw the coons by the chickens last night, so I put the chickens in crates and locked them in the car for the night. Tonight we are going to try the SSS option. I called fish and game in my area, and we are under a rabies quarantine, so they can not be relocated. Thats what I would like to do, move them to a wild area about 100 miles from me, but that is a big NO here. ( I don't always follow the rules). But I don't have a live trap, so I guess they will have to be turmed into worm food. I can't keep locking the girls in crates every night.

 

[Azriel]

Marty, I like that idea, sounds like fun to watch them get hit by the fence, that would fix the little suckers. I can't get the electric fence stuff till Monday, and I want one strong enough to knock them on their butts.
Thanks for the ideas
Bonnie

 

[ga_goat]

If your need for the electric fence is temporary you can build the charger for pennys , all you need is the insulators , the fence wire
and a cord with a plug end ,and light socket , wire 1 wire of the cord through the light socket and the other side to a ground rod , or
the fence behind the insulator. Put a small 15 watt or so bulb in the socket and presto an electric fence , the size of the bulb will meter the amnount of charge , if you are still having critter trouble with the 15 watt bulb just increase it to a 20 , anythong larger than a 40 would be fatel to the critter and probably blow the breaker/fuse . I've used this rig for years without problems , a surge or lightning strike will simply blow the bulb .( not an expencive charger )