Well, it's kinda a funny (long) story, but we have been having some problems with Raccoons these last few weeks. They have already eaten 7 of our chickens by means of breaking through the coop windows and roof. Last night we (my dad, mom, nae, and I) embarked on a little operation destroy the raccoons... We found them underneath the coop and attempted to get rid of them by means of which I would rather not discuss in a public forum. The sneaky little buggers wouldn't budge despite kicking the walls, shaking the coop, poking and prodding... We eventually had to forfeit for the evening and put our remaining 5 chickens in our dog crate and bird cage to try and keep them safe over night.
Not only are the raccoons a danger to our poor dumb chickens, they seem to have become a threat to our dogs as well. Yesterday morning I walked out of my room to find Mika hopping around the back yard. My mom and I brought her in and tried to take a look at her foot that she seemed to be avoiding but all we could really see was some irritation and swelling. We had a similar situation last November when Toby hurt his foot in the backyard, but his was obviously a problem because he was bleeding everywhere. Since Mika wasn't bleeding, we decided to bandage her foot up in an attempt to get her to stop licking it to try and get the swelling to go down. Later that evening we took another look at her foot and saw that the pad of her foot and one of her digits were severely severed and would definitely need stitches. After going through the whole thing with Toby and his foot, let's just say we were less then thrilled at the thought of having to do it again with Mika... We are also more motivated then ever to get rid of those stupid raccoons by any means necessary...
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