Chickens and Raccoons
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2019
- A tale of tragedy and revenge. How to build a chicken coop.
Not noted in the video is that the hardware cloth now goes all the way under and up the back. That also keeps mice out as well as keeping other rodents from digging under.
I wish they would stop calling that stuff chicken wire. It's cheap. Hardware cloth is the only way to go!
I only give this a thumbs up for the end when the raccoons met their end☠👻 No nasty creature messes with a chicken owner's babies and lives very long!
The owner should have predators proofed its babies home!
Common sense-put a strong enough enclosure around all sides of your chicken residence, and nobody will be able to harm them!
Chicken wire is only good to keep chicken in. Raccoon eat chicken wire as appetizer. I learned it the hard way.
I always thought I was immune from attack. My fencer failed and I lost 2 runner ducks from one pen-and all my call ducks but the one that flew out from the other pen. 12 ducks the first night. Got the fencer up and running. Then they hit the chicken coop. First night they took a dozen birds. I secured the coop, but they got in again and killed another dozen. It was a charnel house. If they’d take one I could handle it but these were our year’s supply of meat birds and replacement layers. It was heartbreaking thinking of the terror those poor birds went through because I was complacent about my coon proofing. I’ve trapped and killed nine of the suckers so far. They poop all over the place, mess in any water you’ve got out, climb all over everything. I can tell they’re still after the chickens cause the birds are so skittish still and stuff resting against the coop gets knocked around. I truly hate the creatures. They carry an amazing array of diseases that can transmit to humans, cats, dogs, horses….. and they breed like rats. I’ll admit that they’re cute, especially the babies, but it’s their only redeeming quality.
The foot holds and 220 conibears traps are the first line of defence around the perimeter of the chicken coop followed by covering up every opening that even a weasel can slip through.
Thanks for letting us learn how to better protect our animals from predators.
I put up trail cams, and motion detectors aimed at the door and fence line. They give off different sounds so you know where they are. Shot 2 that way. After the trailcams showed 5 raccoons visiting regularly, got some dog proof traps. Best thing ever. You put cat food in a tubular device and the raccoons eat the cat food kibbles with their paws. When they get low on kibble, they pull the lever with their paws and it holds them till morning and you then dispatch them. I lost hundreds of dollars in young birds. They pull them through the wire and eat them alive. A 2 inch hole they can reach through and they eat whatever they pull through. I ended up getting 5 raccoon and 7 opossum between motion detectors, live traps, and the dpg proofs. Sorry all you rocky lovers the populations need to be controlled. Wait until you hear a prize bird getting eaten alive or go out and find 6-8 young corpses lying all over. Heart wrenching and maddening.
Real talk though. Those who bash killing them haven't seen the havoc they wrought. Leaving chick heads in pools of blood. Chickens you've spent years feeding holding petting watching them raise their own young chicks. Just to lose them to something that looks up from their bloody corpses grunting and snarling at you with blood soaked faces for interrupting their "meal."
I second the dog proof coon traps. Very effective, and you won't catch anything but a coon.
I have chickens and what I do is I lock them up in the chicken house every night. That way there's no predators that can get to them.
I rarely see such evil animals. The raccoons slaughtered all my chickens, gut them, and left their bodies there. Gosh, it’s like they’re doing this not for hunger but for fun!
It makes me sick to trap chickens indoor, and then not protect them properly
Glad to see you turned the pest into fertilizer.
Great showcase of lessons. Thanks!
Friend I can't thank you enough. We have had a big raccoon problem in my neighborhood & at my home for years now. however I am in my first year of owning chickens and to my surprise they quickly became pets and I became attached to them! But I am also lazy & I just kept putting off fixing the (VERY) week spots on my coop UNTIL I saw this video. Just seeing your whole family of chickens wiped out got me off my ASS! I just couldn't of lived with myself if I had woke up to a massacre like that because of my laziness.your style of dealing with such a formidable ENEMY was refreshing! My babies thank you.
As an owner of chickens and turkeys, this breaks my heart! Darn filthy evil creatures! There are idiots out there that feed these monsters because they feel sorry for them. Nightly possum watch for me the last two weeks in a row. Ugly sucker tried getting into our Silkie pen! That swamp rat was not successful! I killed one two years ago after it snuck into the main pen after a major storm tore off the door completely. Took me from 1am to 5am to finally corner and kill it.
Calm down… it’s animal nature. They’re not “filthy evil creatures” you absolute weirdo. I sincerely hope you’re vegan… or else you should take a long look in the mirror
To be fair, if you were a an insect breeder, you would think chickens were “monsters”. This is simply how the world was designed, predator and prey, your feelings have little to do with that.
Yeah for me it's always been raccoons have been the trouble possums never really had any dealings with them yet, and I imagine probably due in part to the overwhelming raccoon population
Come on, I love our chickens, and do everything in my power to protect them, but raccoons are also just animals trying to survive.
If you find a raccoon or any other predator near your coop. You have to kill it.......humanely. Or it will keep coming back for more.
FUCK THAT, TORTURE AND KILL ALL RACCOONS!!! WTF!!! its literally killing them and wasting 90% of em not eating them all. killing for sport more than anything.
As I agree with your post.....the humanely part...nah uh. Raccoons didn't kill those chickens humanely at all. Predators will see their ugly demise.
Where I live in unfortunately there aren't many choices that fall under humanely killing a raccoon, but raccoons are destructive and sometimes that is the only way is to eradicate the problem
So duchilly County ordinances we are no longer allowed to shoot them with a firearm, so I find it much easier to ride my Honda big red 3-wheeler converted to a two- wheeler and use the huge 25 in tall by 12in wide very low pressure tires to run over and kill the raccoons so yeah it's fun to run them over I like how it feels to run over and crush the raccoons and flatten them under my tires somewhat Sweet Revenge fastest raccoon that I ran over won't be killing any more chickens so there is no humane way to kill the raccoons but it has to be done one way or the other
@@williamwilliams4538 😂
@@michelleevans5531 I absolutely agree with you on the humanely part, nothing Humane about the way raccoons enjoy killing chickens. I absolutely enjoy riding my Honda Big Red custom two-wheeled ATC, and with its 25 in tall 12 in wide 2ply Nabi low pressure ATV balloon tires,
So for me I like to run them over and it feels so good to sit on the very very comfortable seat how smooth the ride is as I feel the raccoons being ran over and crushed flat under my tires for me very satisfying and easy to kill run over and flattened the raccoon inhumane ain't got nothing to do with it when you look at the Carnage they do the chickens so if you have problem with raccoons I'd be more than happy to help you eradicate the problem it would be my pleasure
Augh we found one around our coop just in time so now we are putting chickens inside during night time and just
Keep them out during the day. 😬
Justice, thy name is foot trap.
it cost me a fortune to buy all that hardware cloth and I covered every nook cranny and small hole. for two years nothing has gotten in and we have racoons and foxes galore in fact lost a chicken to a fox while free ranging during the middle of the day, he came back the next day and I caught him in the act of grabbing one in the coop (door was open for free ranging) and he did not expect me and I chased him off he kept coming back sometimes twice in a day for several days but he did not expect me to be outside keeping and eye on them all day, he came back this early spring about a month ago I was watching my girls free ranging during the afternoon and he came running around the house spotted me and took off like a bandit across the street. I have not seen him since. once they succeed it takes alot of pushing and chasing them and they not being successful a second time to forget about coming around. but I wont let my guard down, that raccoon surly got in way to easy, was you thinking about squeezer predators when you put the coop together? they are the most dangerous because many people underestimate their abilities to get in some of the smallest holes if the hole is bigger than 2 inches they will be a racoon or possum small enought to fit.
Where can I buy this kind of trap
Duke Traps 0510 Dog Proof Raccoon
Lost all my chickens to this so im now watching to see how they did it. 😢
then dog proof traps are the best coon traps i have ever used, gets the coon every time if set properly.
I had to shoot 2 a night for a week DNm near. I had a 4 inch gap between the wall and floor on the coop side and they were coming in and dragging hens through that gap. Couldn't believe they could fit through it. A randomn fox or Hawks are the only issues now. I have an AWESOME rooster though. He's taken a lick'en once but fights the hawks off. He had NO FEAR. It's scary, one day they'll get'em but so far so good.
Oh, coyote got his tail.
I'm getting a Turkey again as well. NEVER HAD A DEFENCE LIKE I DID WHEN I HAD A TURKEY. He didn't play and would try to chase the hawks.lol
Lost 7 chickens of 15 to a family of coons last night. Thank God I got up to smoke. I would've never heard the massacre happening and saved the last three out side. The marshmallow foot trap works better than have a heart traps. But after loosing so many I'm laying out with night vision and I'll pick off every single one that comes
And before anyone comments about putting them in I set up an automatic door close with timing and it was newer chicks that came in to roost for a week then stayed out 1 night instead of coming in. But I'm fixing the fence and getting a new foot trap and staying out again tonight to pick off what I can out of the six coons that came last night.
Just a few days ago, I saw video showing a chicken pen that was protected from the ground up with chicken wire fencing… except over the top!!! This simple error allowed a hawk to fly and land inside, wreaking havoc on the chickens.
I don't get it. How you do it?
good job mate, sad to see the hens go tho :(
Around what time did the raccoon show up
Time in the upper right is correct.
That poor little one 😢 The death of all of them broke my heart.
Agree! I couldn't bear watching the whole thing. Couldn't tell where that racoon got in?? But there's nothing worse than watching defenseless animals get mulled in a murderous rampage. Just don't have the heart to watch something like that.
He brought a buddy
I sat up with a gun. Then put out poison packets made for raccoons
Great videos, justice served.
There is no justice. The raccoons commited no crime. They need to eat like everything else.
You need to close the area where the chickens are, better, so the predators can't take them.
Nice we dont have raccons in philippines but a lot of predators like rats, it kills every night
I to have chickens, however after watching this, I am disgusted.....I to do not want my chickens or other farm animals to be killed or eaten by WILD animals. I have taken the necessary precautions to protect them. Raccoons and opossums are necessary for our environment, the ignorance coming from the comments are just cruel. I guess your the guy who does 45 in a 25 and hits someone's dog or cat with no regrets. Obviously this is more for the cold comments below....when we make a decision to buy farm animals and you decide to put a coup as far away from your house, (which is normal) you should expect something to try and get at your chickens. Raccoons and opossums have no earthly clue these animals are pets. Most chickens roost really high in trees and not close to the ground. Do not say raccoons and opossums are dirty creatures with diseases, they are cleaner than the average human. Yes, they can carry the rabies virus, but so can a dog or cat. Chickens are far more dirty than you think. They eat "EVERYTHING" including shit. Do your homework, stop humanizing animals. They are not human and are not having a conversation like "Hey, look, Bob bought some chickens let's go kill them", they are animals trying to survive. They don't understand taxes, property lines and pets. I am sure I will get some crap for writing this.....but I can't stand ignorance nor do I find it ok to kill things just because.
I agree with you totally Soupedupcatjazz! Before I bought my chickens I read up on how to keep them safe and we have not lost a single chicken to predators. Knowledge is everything. I respect and enjoy wildlife and prefer living far away from towns. My henhouse is not made with flimsy wire and cheap latches. It was built with the idea it could withstand a pack of pitbulls! Hardware cloth on every side for daytime penning and wooden coop for nighttime safety. The birds know when to exit the pen at dusk and head up the ramp into the coop since they have done so since baby chicks. Carabiners on latches are not susceptible to those tricky little raccoon hands. Long live wildlife AND chickens in our care.
Home your brain works after few loses
Are raccoons edible?
Yes. I don't care for them, but I have a friend who cooks them like a roast in the crockpot
I had a dozen hens. Yesterday, three new chicks and an adult were killed. Has to be raccoons. Time to trap, shoot & get even.
Ugh just had a raccoon rip one of my pullets through the fence. I’m so upset I knew that SOB was going to be a problem I have scared him off on several occasions. Honestly I thought my set up was tough enough but my chicken must have been in the run and too close to the fence. 🥲 of course the camera wasn’t recording for some reason..
Time to load the 12g up take care of that problem
did the Raccoon bite off the chicken head and just left them there
It was a lot to eat all at once. They eat their favorite parts first apparently.
@@jasonwstone No, because chickens are loud and raccoons have sensitive ears. Also the racoon is native to the environment, the chickens are not.
@@Duckfisher0222 And you're a nut job!
It’s harsh, but this is reality. Kill everything that gets near your food source/ animals. You took on the responsibility of doing so when you bought or raised them then penned them up. I used to think that there were ways to solve the problem with thousands of dollars spent only to lose more animals. Put the predators down period or the loss is on you. I say this to myself as well. Once again, it’s harsh but reality is reality whether you want it to be or not.
Revenge!
I caught a fox that just got in and killed only one chicken but I turned that fox into hamburger for hurting my girls but now I'm having problems with hawks and have lost two and unfortunately its against the law to hurt hawks wich is total bs.
It's only against the law if you tell anyone 🤔
Netting over the run keeps hawks out.
Oh torture, it would've been for that raccoon😂
nice job
Now go pet the raccoon with a claw hammer
curse these raccoons…i’m dealing with a problem right now. see how they are though? he leaves his friend lmao oh well says a lot abt them as a whole
What a dumb comment. It's a raccoon, what did you expect it to do? Go get some pliars??
I just don’t get it! How in the fuck do these lessons need to continue being learned?
Just how in the hell do people keep birds without protecting them properly?
Why didn't you have all the holes all sowed up already? Why didn't you close the coop door at night? How did the mother chicken get out the other end the first night of attack? If the mother could get out a predator can get in as well. Wow ! You people really didn't do your homework and your chickens paid the price for laziness. Wood swells and rots, wire rusts and weakens , staples and nails can come loose so checking often is important if you don't won't to feed predators with your chickens. Thanks for the video it shows how predators are persistent and they don't always kill for food but for fun. I give you credit for showing your stupidity or laziness on full display. Are all your holes closed up enough for weasels, martins, minks and rats?
I would be so upset, now here I am vigilante raccoon.
If you would have built a secure coop and run based on thorough research and the benefit of the mistakes of others, you are unlikely to experience any predator losses. Your continued failure to secure the coop shows me you like the UA-cam traffic more than your chickens.
You shouldn’t kill em , if you give em a little beating and release em they’ll never ever come back .
stupid house
This sjows you did made secure shed some mistakes
I support the raccoon. Chickens are a pain, loud and irritating, raccoons got sensitive hearing. Is that even legal, putting traps around ur chickens. You are luring the racoon with your chickens... Ur at fault here, not the raccoon.
You must be joking.
Must be one of the "buy meat at the store so no animals are harmed" kind of person lol
Yeah I like using the foot trap, so much easier to run them over with my Honda Big Red ATV tires, I don't have to chase them and run them down
Smh🙄. There are no laws against trapping raccoons. They are filthy, disease ridden predators
Have you lost your mind? He has every right to protect his livestock! I am a trapper and you can literally turn an animal loose after catching it and it will simply run off, unharmed.
Bad poor design by you only
inhumane trapping. Better close your chicken house (can also go inside by the egg box)
How is the trapping inhumane?
It's probably inhumane by definition. However Law is that "Wildlife taken without a permit [and generally also with] must be disposed of in a "safe and sanitary manner" on the property where they were taken." per www.ncwildlife.org/Licensing/Regulations/Nongame-and-Other-Regulations/Wildlife-Depredation#5836328-wildlife-taken-without-a-depredation-permit. So if one is thinking about relocation, that is not any more humane or legal. I think the theory is that any land that can support raccoons or whatever probably already has some. So they will either starve or be killed there also. Or keep them out of your food, trash and livestock, thereby starving some of them or otherwise limiting population. Anything is "without compassion for misery or suffering" unless you continue to feed them or otherwise adopt them. I lost the last batch to predators due to automatic door malfunctions. So I may get a license again this fall.
Don't let cry babies, hippies and democrats talk about humane. These are the same people that want our police replaced by social workers. Idiots. Every last one
I suppose it’s more humane to let your livestock be brutally attacked? Defending your family and innocent animals from predators is the humane thing to do. Animals need to be taught their place in the world and we can protect our own
It's not inhumane
i used live traps! there are good pest / like cats /opposoms they eat snakes, rodents not really known to eat chickens i have killed at least 9 raccoons in the past two years