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Raccoons, possums and snakes oh my!
We've had our share of predators here. The worst of them lately has been the foxes. Through trail cam pictures we've narrowed it down to 4 different foxes. Well, there's only 3 now....but let's not change the subject here. In addition to fox there's been raccoons, opossums and snakes.
We take a proactive approach to controlling the predator population around here. There are always baited traps up in the woods and far behind the coop. One problem we have here is that Guineas are a ground nesting bird that likes to hide their nests in the woods. Opossums like to eat eggs. See where the problem would start? Oh sure, Opossums are nocturnal and when they find a Guinea nest at night (or the egg a chicken hen hid behind a tree) the eggs are there all alone for the taking. What happens when Mr Opossum gets hungry during the day though? Suddenly he's confronted with a full sized hen and they start a fight over the eggs. Do you want to see who wins? I don't.....I just remove every opossum I can catch from the area. Raccoons are about the same. Better to move them then to have a hungry raccoon decide he can use those little hands to pick your coop lock one night. I bait the traps every night and check them twice a day. You can see they are the safe trap style. I use marshmallows as bait and smear peanut butter all over the trip plate to make sure the critter really has to shake it to get it all off. Snaps shut every time.
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