For those of you who haven't read it yet this is my skunk story. A few years ago a lady skunk took up residence under the floor of the barn. We became quite used to each other over time. Not exactly friends but close enough to pass each other during morning barn chores without incident. The next spring she delivered a litter if kits, if that's what you call baby skunks. A few weeks later she and most of the babies were gone. Don't know where they went but she left one behind. The little one became tame. She could often be seen digging for bugs or whatever skunks eat. We decided on a course of non-intervention or "leave-it-alone". That fall I thought I had rats in the chicken coop so I put out a rat size have-a-heart trap. Small one that only opened at one end. I still don't know how the skunk got all the way in to that trap. It was a small animal under all that fur, still it was a bit of a squeeze. I covered the trap with a towel and took it out to the other side of the pasture. To release it I had to hold the door open and help it back out. At this point my dear wife stopped shouting advise and retreated to the other side of the road. I got the skunk out of the trap, it turned and looked at me and proceeded to head right back to the barn. The only reason I didn't get sprayed was I think it recognized me. Eventually a handsome and big boy skunk came by and they eloped without even saying good by. Just goes to show, ya never know.
Ol' George, at the Briar Patch
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Cassie Maas <cassiemaas@...> wrote:
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> Well, that's going to be a challenge. If you keep stuff out of your yard,
> perhaps their yard will keep them. I really don't know the answer to this
> one, but I hope you can find a solution.
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> Cassie
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> Cassie Maas
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> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Peggy Chase <satanslvr@...> wrote:
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> > My next door neighbor has a pile of garbage( including dirty diapers)
> > piled all the way to his roof. How do I keep the critters out of my yard?
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