We found her in the trap on Thursday night at 11:45 or so, and by morning the entire chicken was gone. Jake released her in a beautiful chicken-free setting several miles from here yesterday. However, my heart rests uneasy about how this has turned out. The raccoon was almost certainly a nursing female. The trap has been kept baited so that we can maybe capture some of her kits and, based on their size, either release them in the same place or deliver them to our local wildlife rehabilitation professionals. Here's hoping.
Blerg. Sad face.
One happy outcome: I received this email from my aunt after she read the last post. "What does the scat look like? I have a scat id book."
Um, scat identification book? SOLD!
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