MontyJ
Deeply Rooted
Early last week Dew called me to the chicken coop. Both in the run and around the coop were signs of digging. At first I thought skunk, because of the way the grass was rolled back. So, I set the box trap alongside the run and baited it with apples. I went to bed wondering just how I was going to dispatch a skunk without making the entire hilltop uninhabitable.
To my surprise, I awoke to a very large coon in the trap. I initially considered raccoons, but the grass being torn up like it was threw me off. In the past 6 nights I have trapped 4 very large 'coons at the chicken run. The trap is empty this morning. So, either the cold front that came through last night kept them down, they have wised up to the trap and I will need to camouflage it, or I have cleaned out the group (which I doubt).
I'm just glad the coop is secure. If they could have found a way in it would have been a massacre.
To my surprise, I awoke to a very large coon in the trap. I initially considered raccoons, but the grass being torn up like it was threw me off. In the past 6 nights I have trapped 4 very large 'coons at the chicken run. The trap is empty this morning. So, either the cold front that came through last night kept them down, they have wised up to the trap and I will need to camouflage it, or I have cleaned out the group (which I doubt).
I'm just glad the coop is secure. If they could have found a way in it would have been a massacre.