Clue #1 - smells like a skunk near chicken coop
Clue #2 - cat food dish in barn always empty
Clue #3 - missing chickens
Clue #4 - finding dead chickens without a head. Skunks will only kill chickens and eat their heads - I don't know why.
We have a skunk (or should I say had)! We set a live trap, but he was too big to get caught - just flipped the cage and ate the bait. So, one of my 4-Hrs, Colton, borrowed us this bigger cage. Colton gave us a good tip, skunks and raccoons love marshmallows. It worked.
Don't let this cute little skunk fool you. They can do a lot of damage and bring in disease to your farm yard.
My husband "took care" of him - WOW did our yard stink! You know the saying "Windy Wisconsin" - it has been windy all week - except for today - of course.
Blessings from Wisconsin.
Oh my! I have smelled skunk many mornings as I came out to do chores... but luckily, never in the henyards. I did not know they bite the heads off... like possums! I'm glad you got it, though I hate to kill anything, I worry about my dogs, too, as well as the birds.
ReplyDeletePee Yew! Glad you caught him!
ReplyDeletewell, glad the varmint is eliminated.
ReplyDeleteHi Jacky! What a scene! Did the hubs get sprayed? Just wondering if he got rid of the skunk without getting all stinky! Blessings from Bama!
ReplyDeleteawesome stuff! More power to your blog!
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