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    A Stoney Trench?

    Thanks for your reply. I just finished digging one of the three trenches to surround the run. It's two feet deep and a shovel width wide. I would love to use electric fence but I can't bury the ground rod more than two to three feet deep because I'll hit bedrock. The coop and planned run are...
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    A Stoney Trench?

    Hi Everyone, I'm working on the run for our coop and I was planning to use hardware cloth buried 18-24", but I've also seen that others use buried patio stones set vertically and others have poured concrete to prevent predators digging into the run. Would a 2' deep trench filled with large...
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    Is resistance futile?

    We now have a live trap baited with cat food (the farm supply store recommended tuna). I'm not eager to check the trap tomorrow morning...but if we find something I'll call our local wildlife management.
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    Is resistance futile?

    After checking the mink and weasel links, it definitely looks like a mink. I looked up fishers (martens) and they are also similar to minks (same family) but larger. We live in a moderately rural setting, that's why there are so many predators around - coyotes, fox, birds of prey, bears and...
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    Is resistance futile?

    The coat is solid dark brown and she/he is about 2 feet long (including the tail) - maybe longer. Could it be a fisher? I'm currently researching traps, and contacting Natural Resources is a good idea - thank you. The fact that this scary yet beautiful critter is lurking so closely, and...
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    Is resistance futile?

    Thanks Miss Prissy. I was afraid that I might have to resort to trapping. Weasels/minks are only one type of visitor we've been getting...and the chickens are still in our home. We've got some nasty business ahead.
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    Is resistance futile?

    After posting, I went back out to wrap the coop in a metal prophylactic, and guess who was there..... I think it may be a mink (now that you mention it)...it was pretty large. She (I'm guessing here) seems to be building a nest 2 feet behind the coop. The sound of my hammering doesn't seem to...
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    Is resistance futile?

    I just went out to work on the coop (my girls are growing by the minute... why didn't I build first?) and found a weasel snacking on a lunch of two garter snakes. Can weasels sense chickens even before they've moved in? What I'm wondering is...is it possible to prevent a determined weasel? Do...
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    Anyone experience predators going through siding?

    Thanks for asking this...I've been wondering the exact same thing. We are in the process of building our coop and it will sheathed in plywood (initially) and will be insulated (eventually). I'm worried about the siding too, because the morning after we assembled all of our building supplies...
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