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My son came out and said Mom come here. He knew I was busy, I figured it was important. There was a raccoon at his back door, it ran to under our canoe, then under our RV then to my Chicken run under the grapevines.
He went after it with a pitchfork. It went under the coop.It still persisted and kept trying to get into my coop and run unafraid.
My son chased it with a pitchfork out from under my chicken coop. . Finally he thought he chased it off.
My son had to leave, so he brought me his gun, just in case.
Within 5 minutes after he left, the raccoon was trying to get into my chicken run. I shot it. Just then my husband came home early, thank God and ran out with his gun and finished the job. It didn't look rabid, or was tenacious though.
I shot my first raccoon yesterday. It was out in the daylight, early afternoon. It was less than a week after it killed one of my lavender orphingtons. We, my grandson and myself were in my chicken run putting flannel on my perches getting ready for winter.Predators are one of the greatest fears a chicken farmer has. They can be cunning, fast, and very sneaky. Your chickens will be drawing in predators from the next county over! Well, maybe not that far, however somewhere back in these predators' ancient memories they have eaten wild chickens at some point and will come snooping around for a meal day and night. So keeping them safe from predators should be on every chicken keeper's top priority list.
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Further Reading:
Top 10 Chicken Predators
A Checklist To Avoiding Casualties In The Flock
Predators & Pests
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My son came out and said Mom come here. He knew I was busy, I figured it was important. There was a raccoon at his back door, it ran to under our canoe, then under our RV then to my Chicken run under the grapevines.
He went after it with a pitchfork. It went under the coop.It still persisted and kept trying to get into my coop and run unafraid.
My son chased it with a pitchfork out from under my chicken coop. . Finally he thought he chased it off.
My son had to leave, so he brought me his gun, just in case.
Within 5 minutes after he left, the raccoon was trying to get into my chicken run. I shot it. Just then my husband came home early, thank God and ran out with his gun and finished the job. It didn't look rabid, or was tenacious though.