The pictures I last took of the silkies are the last I saw of them. The following morning, three were gone, and one was dead inside the enclosure. It appears that a raccoon was able to get a paw underneath the enclosure, grab a silkie, and drag it underneath the walls to pull it out. The last remaining one was not along the edge, so apparently it was out of reach though not when it was first attacked.
This morning before sunrise, the jumbo guinea who was sitting on her eggs was screaming in front of the coop. I can now identify the "a raccoon got my eggs and I'm pissed" sound. She's alive, thankfully. Her wattles were shrunken and had lost their color -- probably the least of the effects of sitting on eggs for two weeks. I imaging the full 4 weeks is really draining on a guinea. I wonder how Kittywhee is doing, now on her 3rd week of sitting. I know approximately where her nest is but I dare not go looking for fear of attracting a raccoon to the hidden spot.
The last of Kerrie and my drunken buying binge has arrived -- six Lavender and five Royal Purple Guineas. They hatched late last week. They are very active, healthy, and of course cute.
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i do know how to shoot coons, but its gotta be at night, and ya gotta warn the neighbors.
Sure, some folks will espouse the use of live traps, or even real traps, but not me. I tells ya, a single shot 4-10 and a mag light....
hootennany!
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