Last fall we lost 4 of our 5 RIRs to a bear, who ripped the doors off our very sturdy coop. The conservation officer came out and confirmed it was a bear and said that electric fence would be the only thing to keep the bear from getting at the coop. We've been chicken-less since (our last girl...
Or New England? Or in the Northeast?
We lost our really wonderful RIRs to a bear last fall and we are bear-proofing and getting ready for new chickens. I have decided to try the Speckled Sussex, which have always appealed to me. I would like to eventually breed and show, so I want to make...
Something pulled the door and frame with the slide bolt latches off our coop last night and took 2 of our girls. The hinges pulled right off the coop as well. There are no marks of any kind - no evidence of something working to get in. The handle shows no marks either. The bedding in the...