^ This. I have friends in the Kenai/Soldotna area who have a nice fenced in area for their chickens and is surrounded by what they called a "bear fence". An electric fence that's about as thick as a rope. They have, I believe, 4 strands of it. This is a reinforcement to the cattle panels that they used to fence in their chicken area. It not only keeps out the bears, but their two german shepherd dogs as well. Pretty sure a coyote wouldn't get through, either.
Can you pepper him with bb's so he gets the message? Or maybe a pellet gun. Make him feel it. We have a problem with a coyote also...You cannot shoot him until he is actually in the pen/coop area. We live in a residential area, and you can bet that we'd better have proof of him attacking, or getting ready to attack the chickens before shooting.
