Well I have something to report today!
Jack and Matt were checking our chickens last night, and lo and behold a raccoon was in with the chickens. Now to all of you who are thinking: "How awesome!" raccoons are NOT awesome, especially if you have chickens. They eat them.
Now our chicken house is a plastic greenhouse, so it gets a bit cold in winter. Because of this, Dad built another, smaller house in it. Well, when Jack and Matt looked in the chicken house, they could tell something was going on. The coon was jumping all around, and Matt ran up and poked it with a stick. That just riled up the coon more, and it about jumped on Matt's head! It ran up the wall and punched through the inner wall of the plastic and ran out the door.
It hasn't come back.
Oh my goodness! What an adventure! Well, I guess this would be a misadventure for the coon. But good that it didn't catch any of the chickens or bite your brother or father.
ReplyDeleteWill there be a way to keep coons from entering your chicken coop again? Or are they really sneaky in finding ways inside no matter what?
Oh, we have an electric fence around our chicken house, and Dad and my brothers are entering on an agressive coon hunt! The electric fence should work, though...it's worked for two years, just we had hooked it up a little late.
Deletethanks for your concern! =D
Maya M.