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Coons dining on chickens is a pretty complete meal. The only left-overs I have found was chicken feet. Lot's of chicken feet. We had a coon actually living in the attic to our chicken barn. To live up there that darn thing had to squeeze thru a 3" crack. He was able to do it. I cut a hole in the ceiling with a chainsaw after stapling wire mesh over the crack. I shot him with a 20 guage. I pulled up a drop cord light and there were hundreds of chicken feet strewn about. The previous owners of our farm must have been feeding him well too.

I'll try modifying our have a heart traps so that there is a lower wire top for the skunks. Thanks for the tip. Another poster mentioned moth balls. I tried that but I watched our chickens gobble them up. It didn't kill them but I am sure it's not a good thing. I also tried lime(it's supposed to burn their feet) and it didn't seem to do much good and I had to re-apply it every time it rained.

You might even be able to borrow some skunk traps from your local animal control officer. When I was a kid I remember my friends mom borrowed the traps because the skunks were turning their garbage into an alley buffet everytime they put it out to be picked up, and then they were trying to get under the house. I don't know if she had to give a deposit to borrow them, but I know that she didn't have to buy them, just make the right phone call.