It's a matter of chicken or death | pt. 2

Keeping livestock and/or poultry means that you'll have to deal with predators at some point. We are almost a year into having chickens and this is the first time we've had to deal with something like this. I admire raccoons' tenacity, but I can't let them have my chickens.
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[@Mil-dot6.5]

I've found that a really good racoon bait is a snickers bar. And an Alum tan is how I preserve fur on hides.

[@ryanporter1317]

Heck yes!! Love these videos.

[@andrewbeauchamp8381]

homey!

[@EEF_Animation]

awesome work, but a more permanent way of protecting your birds of course would be an electric fence, but another layer of defence would be giving your birds access to a higher up more fortified roost, as racoons, opossums and such cant jump as high as chickens can. it seems to be working good, we've had the system for a little more than a year now with 0 casualties.

[@arewehomesteadingyet]

The electric fence is definitely going in soon, but I hadn't thought about raising their roost. I'm going to see how I could do that in my setup. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@normbograham]

everything loves chicken.

[@andrewbeauchamp8381]

I thought I was watching Clint Eastwood

[@arewehomesteadingyet]

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