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    Hawk Questions

    I'm fairly certain the ones that have been bothering my chickens are red shouldered hawks. I also see them hunting from power lines and assumed they liked open areas... but I guess it's much harder to see the ones hunting in the forest. I'm in the process of adding six BCMs to my flock with...
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    Hawk Questions

    Thank you both for the helpful comments. Looks like I have some work to do around hawk-proofing.
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    Hawk Questions

    Howdy, My flock has had some unfortunate hawk encounters over the past couple of months. I ended up expanding the fenced in area to include about an acre of dense forest thinking it would provide some cover and make hawk attacks more difficult to pull off. But unfortunately it seems like hawks...
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    "Reverse"Apron

    4' tall 2" x 4" welded wire fencing. I'm planning to add an electric wire about a foot above the existing fence to help prevent jumping. I actually have an electric wire fence around the coop, but it failed to prevent a fox attack a few days ago. I had wires about 3", 6", 9" off the ground to...
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    "Reverse"Apron

    That's a lot of powder for 1000 feet of fencing. Although I wonder if cayenne can help prevent the armadillos from turning my lawn into a minefield.
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    "Reverse"Apron

    I should have mentioned in the original post that fencing spans about 1,000 ft. I actually need to rent a trencher for another project, but trenching underneath an existing fence seems almost impossible due to the trencher "dimensions".
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    "Reverse"Apron

    I would like to make a portion of my property's fencing more secure after a recent incident with a fox. Since 3 out of the 4 sides are on the property line, I'm unable to add a hardware cloth apron on the outside. Is there any benefit to adding 2ft of hardware cloth on the inside? I assume most...
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    Help! Fox...staring at my chickens !! Hot wire, hardware cloth apron or ?

    For people recommending dogs, make sure the dog isn't sleeping on the job.
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