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It's been nearly a month since the bear attack that got our rooster & 2 of our older hens, along with taking a good chunk out of this girl's back. I'm really happy with how it's been healing. I see no inflamed or infected area, and no strange odor. Here's a pic of what her wound currently looks...

I need your help, y'all, and your input on what I should do for one of my girls that was badly clawed at by a bear last night. Last night, we had our first successful bear attack (well, successful for the bear). We thought we'd done enough to deter them (we live in the southern Sierras), as...

We might be moving into bear country (black bears and a few grizzlies). How do you predator proof your coops for such a big predator? What's more, we might run a summer camp ground on the property. We don't want the animals to attract bears to the camp. How desperate will they be to get...

Last night a bear, probably a young one, tried to get into our coop. Thank goodness he was not successful. He did tear down part of the fence around the day run outside, but the hardware cloth on the coop run held 🙂

My well-house where I had my hen temporarily bivuoacked was broken into by some creature that wanted chicken tartare for a late night snack. She's fine! She flew up into the rafters. Can anyone id the animal who this damage? To help narrow down the possible culprits: I live in NW Washington...

Hi all, I've recently moved into bear country, and now have at least one new, very large predator problem. My chickens have been here three months, long enough for me to hatch 16 chicks, and we attempted to reinforce the coop with extra fencing, also buried the fence deep to keep out diggers...

Hey y’all I live in urban south Florida and I have 2 hens! I wanted to know if anyone knows about what possible predators there could be around here. When I say urban I mean like city I’m nowhere near any wildlife areas so I know I don’t have to worry about bears or anything. I’m concerned about...

We've lost 3 chicks/ducks this summer. We're in western New York for reference... The first we know was a hawk, but in the last week we've lost a duck with no signs of a struggle other than my very distressed flock, and a hen from my favorite flock. With the hen, there was a pile of feathers...

Hello BYC Community, I've had three bear run through my property this year. The first two visited on the same day within two hours of each other. In broad daylight while everyone (myself, dog, cat, chickens) were outside. The larger of the two thought briefly about hitting up the coop, but for...

Has anyone used an electric wire around their chicken coop? We are building our coop and run now and we have many predators where we live. We live in northern Minnesota, and just recently we have had a 350-400lb black bear come to our front porch twice in search of bird seed. We take all our...

Hi BYC!! We are moving our flock to bear country . We have an 8 foot chain link perimeter fence around part of the property. We want to add an electric fence to the perimeter fence. We are worried about our pet dogs, how can we set this up so that nothing gets in from the outside, but if our...

So last evening my son (9yrs old) and I went to head out to close up the coop (7:30ish). He stepped out the door ahead of me and says "bear!" I couldn't see it immediately because our back deck sits above the walkout basement and my view was blocked by the railing. My two boston terriers rush...

Its been a rough week here!! Raccoons and a bear have reduced our flock by half...in a week!! First a racoon got our rooster, which I wasn't too upset about because he was mean to the hens. The next day the same racoon got 3 of our hens. The following day, in broad day light a bear (about a year...

Anyone have any luck keeping black bears off with an electric fence? I'm wondering if this would be enough? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/zareba-above-ground-electric-fence-kit-for-pets-and-small-animals?cm_vc=-10005 I lost 8/12 chickens so far and now the bears are digging to get...