The Unexpected Secrets Behind Capturing Coons and the Surprising Role of the Chicken Revealed
As many of you know, ever since Brian broke his back falling nine feet from a ladder almost three weeks ago, I’ve been on farm duty. Several days ago, I ventured into the chicken coop, with my eyes mostly on Benedict the Jerk rooster, and I noticed the chickens’ feeder was empty. I’d just filled it two days prior. It holds a gallon of pellets, and a gallon lasts our four grown hens and the rooster about a week.
I leaned closer and noticed that parts of the plastic feeder were broken.
Then, something red caught my eye in the corner of the coop. Something had torn the lid off the water feeder. I knew what was responsible. Raccoons. They did such a number on Brian’s deer feeder last year that he had to buy a new one, and then reinforce it with chicken wire.
