Recent content by EastWindFarm

No worries. We've never had coyotes in this immediate area so when I saw the 1 yesterday I nearly fell over. They are spreading throughout Florida in a rapid pace it seems. I'm literally a stones throw from the the coast.

Not what I wanted to hear I have a sneaky feeling it's a pair as the one coyote looked to be carrying more than just chicken dinner in it's belly.

So the predator(s) has been identified. I got home today at about 5:30 and went outside with the dog, my trusted side companion. He's a Catahoula mix and really is very aware of his surroundings. Anyway, we were in the barn when he took off like a shot, racing to the north side perimeter fence...

Quote: What I'm afraid of is catching a huge raccoon and then being the one who has to release it elsewhere. I can see my husband being not so happy about it either.

The only saving grace is that our coop is predator proof. Hardcloth on all sides as well as on the bottom of the coop. My next door neighbor said she's now seeing coon tracks so I'm back to leaning on a pack of coons. The prints I'm finding are bigger than my dogs foot print and he is a BIG dog.

I guess I should say that it's dark at my house until 7:30am. So it could well of been raccoons looking for breakfast on their way home. I have found a lot of raccoon tracks, never any fox prints as the only "dog" print has been the prints from my 80lb dog. He does a perimeter search every...

Thank-you. My gut tells me it was a group of raccoons but the time of day is concerning since they are nocturnal.

I had 10 chickens that are free roaming during the day and put themselves to bed at dusk. We lock them in the coop after we do the nightly count of 10. The coop is 10 feet from my barn and they usually stick in or near the barn, playing in the shrubs and whatnot. I let them out at 6:30am like...

Hello! I'm also a Florida peep. Located in Grant, Florida (Brevard County) which is a little south of Melbourne.