Got em!

This morning, one of the kittens smelled like skunk.  We called him "Stinkitten" for the day, but finally clued into why the cats stopped using their strawbale house and where all the cat food was disappearing to. 
Tonight I went out to the barn to visit the kitties and Jon took the gun on skunk patrol.  I sat down on the bench with all 4 kittens on my lap, and then Roseanne hissed.  I looked in the stall and there was a huge skunk with its tail sticking up, less than 10 feet away.  I grabbed the kitties and ran, yelling for Jon!
Now we have to air out the barn!  The kitties don't seem to mind, but it is RANK in there.