Thanks for the tip I will definetly keep that in mind. At this point I'm just wondering which course of action to take. Motion lights, electric fence, predator eyes (which sound like they work sometimes) or the pellet gun? I also have a pesky bobcat and probably raccoons too.
I live in a residential area on a hill and if I was to shoot anything and miss I would probably shoot my neighbors down hill who are always out on their patio! I am still thinking about a pellet gun though....
Here are my 2 updated pens. One is my old purina mills plans chicken house that I built a few years ago with a new hardware cloth door, and the other ground pen I already posted a photo of but wanted to show the updated window screen cushion since they injured themselves when a fox tried to get...
I wanted to update my quail tractor photo since the very first night I had it out a fox came and tried to get in. A bunch of them skinned their heads on the short roof with clipped wings so I stapled
window screening to the underside. Another lesson learned. Now to get rid of the fox
I completely understand where you are coming from. This is my first time hatching and raising quail. Mine will be 4 weeks old soon and I'm going to put some of my bigger feathered out ones outside tonight. A little nervous since our nights are still in the mid to upper 40's but the brooder is...