 Well, y'all I was not planning on making a video tonight we just got back from Family dinner Sunday dinner that we do when we got back I want to go check on the chickens because I had left the coop door open I'd let them out this afternoon Amy wanted to play with them She loves holding our little chicken penny that she's really tame She'll let you pick her up anyway When I came back, I saw a raccoon running off in the dark and I just said oh No, this can't be good and even on the way home. I was making a joke. I was like oh man, wouldn't it be bad if If penny got eaten by raccoon because it's gonna be hard to explain to you know who over here Because you know Amy is literally Growing up with the chickens. We've had them for three years and he's three years old some of them anyway, some of our older red chickens, so anyway, I got back and Saw the raccoon run off and I knew immediately. It was not good. I went into the coop and I saw four dead Chickens including Peggy our lead hen when I went to go check the Inside of the coop that was inside of the run when I went to check inside the coop There was no chickens in there and there was a possum sitting in there, so Here you guys go and check this out Well, y'all this is a sad day but Came home right after dark. I had the chicken close your door open and I just saw a raccoon scurry off. I don't see any chickens in here and There's a possum in here as well There he is right there. I Don't know what it is about these things. I'd like to kill chickens You can be sure he's about to get it. I Ever tracked down the southern raccoon He's gonna get it too. Dang it I'm so sorry girls The one night I leave That cracked I still got some other chickens that might be alive somewhere See some feathers So that was it right after it happened. I have scoured the woods since then With my head lamp looking for any signs of chickens. I found one feather I thought if there was any chicken that would make it it would probably be Carrot the one that my dad surprised us with gave us Tough bird would never even let me pick her up. So I figured, you know, she would probably get away She got out of the chicken run but You know pinning our favorite chicken Carrots Another one of the Easter Eggers there was another barred rock Basically like half of the flock got away But I don't know where they are and they're probably not gonna survive the night and a fox showed up As I was going out there and doing all this stuff I went to go grab another flashlight and I came back there was a fox just standing there like waiting for me to leave So I'm just like oh my gosh Everything has come out of the woodwork raccoons foxes Possoms probably a bobcat probably the coyotes are gonna be howling Here in a little while so it is it was just absolute tyranny out there and y'all I it was my fault Yeah, I built this awesome run that was impenetrable pretty much Stephanie thought she's she thought the possum possum get in there at one time from from the top like around the tree or something but The door was open and we basically let the wolves in so Major mistake here in the backyard chicken keeping I was not expecting all of them to be gone or Deceased but that's what we're dealing with so It is mutiny now. I will have my revenge so First thing first thing that I did I went I went with a blow-dark gun and took care of the possum So the possum has been eliminated Now it is time to set up some this is gonna be my only night to do this It's time to set up some traps some snares. We'll get over it. We'll get a new flock in the spring But between now and then I am going to Have have some vineyards on the animals in the woods The thermals will come out to play The snares the traps all that stuff. So here's what I got going on inside of the coop tonight Okay, this is this is the trap setup we got right here. So I'm just leaving the door cracked I've got a snare right there So they got to come through there possum Could come through there, but I think the possum is done. I Definitely put some darts in that thing the other little house of horrors that we have right here. It's just this sucks But instead of throwing these out in the woods, I'm gonna use them as a decoy of one last chance at revenge here for the chickens and I've got a I got a foot trap right here. So it's buried under those leaves They'll probably step around this post and get snapped if they don't Get snared in there. So I got to squeeze my way out of here And then we'll be Waiting what happens tonight. So now as we sit here, it is a waiting game I went out there one last time and just kind of readjusted my snare. I wasn't really happy with it after I squeezed out of the the door and I'm happy with it now It's it's floating off the ground. It looks pretty good. I'm gonna if nothing's in there I'm gonna take all the chickens out to the woods tomorrow before Amy Goes outside. Don't know how we're gonna explain that to her. I guess I'm just gonna tell her the you know the foxes and everything They came and they like to eat the chickens. So anyway, we're gonna we'll get a new batch like I said in the spring but Now it's just time to wait y'all so tick tock tick tock We will see if anything is in the snares or the foot traps in the morning just walked outside this morning time now and Look Who it is no other than mister short Bob himself Just laying in there. He got caught in the foot trap so Wasn't a raccoon. We literally had all the creatures last night. I know you guys didn't get to see him but We had all they were all here these this is probably the same bobcat has been lurking around this chicken run For years finally got his opportunity, but it didn't work out so well These feathers were not here this morning Is this another one of our chickens trying to get back? It might have well been I'm not very good at trapping guys. This was my snare But I had set up Obviously didn't work culprit number one sitting right there Look at the face on that guy So we no longer have chickens obviously So the cat is not a threat to us, but we do have neighbors Yeah, I know and you've eaten the neighbors chickens, too then one of my neighbors recently told me that He was Yeah, he actually ran outside why the bobcat was attacking his chickens and actually got one of his chickens back so brave rescue You're looking for a way to kill me that paw trap worked beautifully and I could let this bobcat go right now Had a good last run here. Probably had a Thanksgiving feast on all of my chickens that I spent years raising and Anyway, you had a good last supper All right I'm gonna do something crazy Changing heart right now. I don't like the bobcat around. I really don't But it's not what I expected to catch it's not it's not really the culprit for some reason the raccoons They just like to kill chickens and possums. I don't know why They didn't eat these Bobcat will actually come eat them But you know, if they're unattended or whatever Bobcat's gonna get its one chicken. It's gonna go out of its business so Hopefully you've learned a lesson kitty that if this would have been the last night I definitely want to pop you right in your little whisker grill but I don't know. I'm in the Christmas spirit right now and I don't have any more chickens And I'm hoping that you've learned less. I'm also hoping that you show me a little bit of gratitude And you don't claw my face off. Okay. I've never held a live bobcat before so this is gonna be the first attempt You just stay like that. That would be great. I can free you Hey, yeah, you're Can I go behind you? Get the existence of a big stick Racious that Okay, I know you're tired. I want you to look at this I want you to look at this and remember the guy that Let you go if you would have had black stripes on your tail It would have been over for you. Okay Now free of the trap So you can go Okay, we need you to go because Amy is waking up right now. I've got to clean up this chicken mess I got to explain to my family how I've wrestled with a little Tiger before breakfast Big moment right here picking up the stick Over the rifle. I can't believe I'm doing this. You better not Come back to haunt me. You understand? Hopefully this isn't come back to bite me literally All right, you're free. You can go I'm not trying to attack you Get out of here I feel like you're about to take a nap Don't want it to jump up on my face the power Like that thing was pushing the stick out from under me. It's incredible the power that they have So I'm not even gonna mess around with it But taking the chickens Moving to bed you can come too You can have them now. All right So sad Just puff right here Puff was a good chicken. She laid blue eggs There it goes There it goes. Oh, it's now it's awake Keep cleaning up these birds Let you figure that out Okay, bobcat is you've got the high ground Why don't you jump it on my face Close the area back here you get out of here. I don't like you growling at me either Get out of here kitty Just get out Just get out now, please Get out halfway It's halfway Get out the same way you came in Oh my goodness. I I've got a jungle cat Tree climber Oh my goodness Yep, there you go. There you go Wow Hopefully I did a good thing there to be honest with you. I was going to do the same thing with the fox Because I like the fox and I feel like The fox is the same thing. It's going to take one chicken You know if I leave them out, it's it's my fault And it's just trying to get a meal The raccoons on the other hand and the possums There will be more There will be more out here. So um I've seen them Digging in or we actually have a big hole in our trash cans right now um I've come out here a few times at night and see them just kind of walking circles around The coop we're going to get some revenge on those raccoons. Don't you worry about that but Bobcat's cool animal man And maybe one day when I'm deer hunting and I'm like pinned down by a mountain cougar The spirit of the wild is going to enter the cougar's eyes and it's going to just going to back off and say You know what you let one of mine go now. I'm going to let you go. I don't know. That's a great story It's a cool thing about the the paw traps. You do have the option to let the animal go. Um, the bobcat's fine It's it's a lot of pressure on there, but it doesn't break their bones Uh, especially if it's a bigger animal that size was actually meant for um Foxes and coyotes and bobcats. So, um, you know, he ran off just fine I live to live to fight another day. I live to eat another day Uh, now the what I got to do here is clean up the rest of these chickens before any of me comes out Side to play today. He's out of school. So she's been She's been playing outside every day. We've got a little uh Little tent set up over there that we've been having Playtime in and likes to come out here and hold her favorite chicken penny, but Penny is not here I wish she'd been into it It's gonna come up there I'm sorry. Well, I asked her what she wanted for breakfast and she goes, I want a chicken No, she did not. She did Like she just immediately said she wanted that chicken So I had to tell her. I mean it was really sad. She was very sad. The first thing she goes is Penny, I loved her my best chicken told her that we left the gate open last night. Mommy and daddy forgot The raccoon came raccoons don't like chickens and raccoons were very mean and hurt our chickens Guess what was in there Another chicken. No this morning Like feeding the bodies Yeah, trying to A raccoon? No A fox? No A bobcat? Yeah I had a bobcat in the paw trap Oh my gosh Yeah, like in your in the paw trap in the paw trap Very much alive I let him go I understand that because it wasn't the bobcat that Massacre the chickens I was going to ask the queen before I pulled down the guillotine I was like should I ask the queen but you know, I was going to do the same thing if it was a fox Yeah, and we talked about that I feel like I understand that if it was a raccoon, absolutely kill it Give me, you didn't want to mount a bobcat in your house? I thought about it. I'm not gonna lie. I thought about it for a second. I was like, you know a bobcat pelt A bobcat pelt from the backyard would look nice on there, but then I was like, you know what? I feel like uh It's probably a good karma for them. Yeah. Yeah. We'll have to get more We'll have to get more and now she can enjoy baby chicks That's sure. You know, I feel like she can appreciate them and have fun with them So this is where we end this one y'all We're gonna basically close down the wrackly roost for a while. It's gonna suck not having them here And not having fresh eggs every day and it is some work to to raise chicks up and get the get the flock All healthy and you know, everybody's good and we we had that for a long time. There's always challenges with chickens especially predators, but we will look forward to getting a fresh flock and You know, basically Having emmy help out in that whole process and learning those things when we first got them They were too young for her to to interact with We were literally raising her and like she was a little chick So it will be cool in that aspect and we already have a great run We got to make sure that door is closed and I have an automatic door On the scoop, but I had the setting to close at like eight o'clock I hadn't changed it since the summer And you know, that was Obviously too late probably not this week, but at some point I will be doing a nighttime Raccoon operation out here in the backyard. So stay tuned for that. I am gonna have my revenge Thank you guys as always for tuning in to the good and the bad Go ahead and smash that like button for getting into a cage with a wild cat You can say I did that small one, but still and god bless you got speed In the great outdoors get out there and go enjoy it this winter season. I'll see you guys next time I did there's also another creature inside the house I just threw up in my mouth. I was eating breakfast. Yeah, it was like for the morning I I lifted up the toilet and I was like who left a turd in here I thought it was a turd too Turns out it's a mouse