Another bear!

[Well Seasoned]

Chicks received in March, coop built during living in the brooder. Run built shortly after they were introduced into the coop. Security audible motion sensors, solar security lights, full hardware cloth apron, pavers, cinder blocks, and boulders along the ground around the coop & run base proved to much today for the 5th bear to sniff around. I purchased electric fencing this evening and only managed to put the insulators in, one at 8", one at 2ft, and another at 4ft. I'll finish up the electric in the next day or two.

The bear moved alot of material! Even tried the windows before giving up. He'll be back, i just hope not until i fry this fence done.

This does go to show that really building something solid helps slow down a predator. A bear could EASILY rip down the hardware cloth if it wanted to.

Audible sensor at the ready tonight along with some rubber slugs should he show up. I'm dine playing with these things!

 

[Trish1974]

I'm so glad I don't have to deal with bears! Good luck. Let us know how well the electric fence works against bears. I think that's probably your best defense.

 

[AnimalGeek23]

Good luck! Also, wow! Great coop!

 

[Well Seasoned]

Will do! Thanks!

I will dose a section of it with bacon grease to lure its nose (the most sensitive part) right to it. Keeping fingers crossed the girls will be ok over the next day or two! Just to hot (yea even in the north country of nh) to keep them locked up in the coop!

 

[Well Seasoned]

I've only got the insulators up and the wire. The charging unit takes 3 days to charge (solar)

I still need to make some modifications, but this is rough for now.

 

[barn206]

You may want to feed them inside til this problem resolves. I think the bear actually wants the food
Good luck , great coop btw

 

[Well Seasoned]

You may want to feed them inside til this problem resolves. I think the bear actually wants the food
Good luck , great coop btw

Thanks. The new schedule is- They get a feeding at 6am, this gets put away by 630am, and I feed them again in the evening depending on the amount of time they free range, which also gets put away.

 

[Scooby308]

Does your fish and wildlife allow for dispatching of nuisance animals? Here in KY you can get a permit to do just that with most wildlife. Rubber slugs sound fun though...

 

[townchicks]

Wow. Congrats on your coop build. Lucky chickens. I hope you get the wire hot before he comes back.

 

[barn206]

This is the very reason why I feed them inside unless I’m spraying for mites etc. Even though I’d rather feed them in the open air, it attracts other animals. I do spread some cracked corn in the morning, but they eat it up in minutes so I don’t worry about it too much.
My feed is locked in my garage in plastic barrels.
A friend of mine watched a bear take a bag of koi food from his porch and run into the woods with it! When a bear is hungry .... they are pretty powerful animals