Badger visting nightly

[Knight of Albion]

I get badgers here. A creature that has suffered centuries of unjust persecution. And a shy animal as a consequence, but once they get over that initial wariness and learn that you won't do them harm, they are surprisingly friendly and playful.

As for the urine. That really needs to be male urine, because the animal that is smelling a 'marked' spot is, if you like, "reading" the testosterone level of the animal who did the marking.

A word of caution though. When female badgers have young cubs they cannot leave them alone for long, so their foraging radius and time is significantly reduced.
The mainstay of their diet is earthworms. I now only too well from my own garden, a long time since we had rain and the ground is rock hard, so the earthworms will be a long way down and not energy or time efficient to dig for.
A determined badger - or a desperate badger is a force of nature. So treble reinforce that chicken coop! And it might be prudent to leave food and water for it. Though weigh that one up carefully. Badgers are creatures of habit. 'A badger is for life!'