deterrent

A short video about how I solved our hawk problem!

My folks and I are in the middle of moving, stuck at an AirBnB, while my dad's boss takes care of my 6 bantams (Silkies and Barbu). Our new house has a shed + attachment that I got to see today, and my babies will be staying in the attachment, which is about 8ft x 8ft, roughly; it might be a...

hi, I'm a new chicken owner and I was wondering, would placing kibble at strategic areas away from the coop keep predators distracted? I have my coop up by my deck, which is surrounded by a low 3 foot fence. If there is food outside the fence, will they bother working to get within the fence and...

We are in the process of building a coop for 6 chickens. We plan to let them free range much of the day in our large fenced (split rail) yard. It was brought to my attention that the chickens may want to spend a bunch of time in my daughter's play area and will poop all over it. Is there...

What is your preferred method of predator disposition and why? This excludes barrier enhancement and applies to predators who must be dealt with directly either by deterrents or hands-on methods. Do refrain from trying to proselytize others to your method or championing one view or the other...

Hello again! This is nothing crucial but I have baby rabbits living under my chicken coop. I noticed the burrows a couple of weeks ago and thought they were from a groundhog which I was going to exterminate. Luckily I didn’t, and seen little baby bunnies poking out this morning. No I didn’t...

(My apologies in advance if this a repeat thread. If it is, please point me in the direction I can find it.) I have seen quite a few posts on the internet about using different smells, sprays, etc to deter raccoons: --cinnamon, cloves,etc (doesn't make sense-love cin/raisin bread fed to...

On December of 2017, I just lost all my doves due to a Cooper's hawk. To combat this, we applied mesh grids on all surfaces of the cage and attached them with barbs and hooks. I'm pretty unsure if this is going to be an effective deterrent towards predators of a certain species. Tell me from...

On December of 2017, I just lost all my doves due to a Cooper's hawk. To combat this, we applied mesh grids on all surfaces of the cage and attached them with barbs and hooks. I'm pretty unsure if this is going to be an effective deterrent towards predators of a certain species. Tell me from...