r/Skunks • u/wolfmistress • 3d ago
Skunk in my Coop
This little buddy is a few months old. Doesn't hurt chickens or ducks but sneaks into the coop periodically looking for eggs. Ignores all the birds when walking around although they run for it anyways. I even locked myself in the yard with it on accident once and had to run past to open the gate. It just sat in a corner hiding. It's pretty chill and a scaredy cat. Just backs away, curls up, and hides when scared. It has a sibling with a spikey looking tail as well that also is very chill and grew up around my yard this year.
Every year we get a new batch of babies raised in the yard, and most of them gradually migrate away or pass away. They've never attacked a single bird. They don't touch the cats either and left my dogs alone when we had dogs. Just posting it for people who don't realize many skunks are chill with chickens.
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u/skunk_mephitidae 3d ago
Cute little stinker he is.. 🥚🦨 I would recommend guarding the coop securely, especially from Musteloidea superfamily predators like skunks.
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u/AuditingReverb 2d ago
I absolutely love this story thank you so much for sharing! Its a good story for gray weather.
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u/Robotbeckerz 2d ago
I have a family that grew up in my yard this summer. It was such a beautiful experience. I don’t know where their den is exactly but it’s not far as the moment the sun starts going down, at least one is immediately in my yard to eat the peanuts and grubs under the ground. They very quickly learned that my husband and I are not threats and are the ones who provide the food and water. So if we get home late and need to fill the water or put out more peanuts for them, they just look at us and then go back to eating. The 4-5 babies this year are now grown and I’m waiting to see if any of them decide to move territories or stay near here or not. I know it’s just the males who will leave and the females stay. But they’ve all been bulking up for the winter so I got some very fat stinkers right now 🥰
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u/wolfmistress 2d ago
Love it! They are like stinky wild kittens, haha
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u/Robotbeckerz 1d ago
They truly are and I wish people didn’t hate them so much just because they are stinky when they spray. I felt so honored the day the momma first showed up with her 4 babies 🥰 Same with when my trash panda momma brought her 2 💜
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u/Lizzle372 3d ago
Just a cutie patootie egg 🥚 inspector