Please any good ideas on how to keep raccoons out of my coop?!
I had a small flock of 4 chickens for a few years, and last year added 4 more. For years everything went great, until the raccoons attacked. 2 by 2 they picked them off.
This year, I went out and purchased 12 pullets (1 ended up being a cockerel) and are about 4 months old. Today I come out to my coop to see my rooster missing. I’m sad Bc I’ve always wanted a rooster.
I’m pretty sure it’s a raccoon because I see plenty of tracks down by my creek and there’s a hole in the chicken wire they ripped it open. Typical raccoon M.O.
It didn’t help that my rooster INSISTED on sleeping in the run instead of the coop. So he was an easy target.
How do I keep them away?!
I had a small flock of 4 chickens for a few years, and last year added 4 more. For years everything went great, until the raccoons attacked. 2 by 2 they picked them off.
This year, I went out and purchased 12 pullets (1 ended up being a cockerel) and are about 4 months old. Today I come out to my coop to see my rooster missing. I’m sad Bc I’ve always wanted a rooster.
I’m pretty sure it’s a raccoon because I see plenty of tracks down by my creek and there’s a hole in the chicken wire they ripped it open. Typical raccoon M.O.
It didn’t help that my rooster INSISTED on sleeping in the run instead of the coop. So he was an easy target.
How do I keep them away?!
