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Grr:mad: they are expensive, time consuming to train/keep, have to be present always and can be dangerous to human visitors, 1 thing I like about this heeler is she is MEAN. My neighbor was saying he can't get out of the truck. I said I know neither can a burgular call 1st. But I live on a...

Looked up trapping bobcats yesterday on the 'youtube'. Lost a lot of chickens last year to 1 and some coons. I tied a piece of tin foil to a tree last night as a visual attractant and watched a horse eat said tin foil this morning. A bob cat even came into the yard and got a large roo early...

I've seen (probably on BYC) some nipple waterers gravity feed but auto filled from setting it under the eve of the coop catching run off. Lowers the puddle of water left after a rain and you can use a hose when it's dry to long. Eh Florida it rains everyday in the summer.

My chicken tractor has a piece of solid tin left over from the roof job. Covers the full length over the chicken wire. It's more for rain and sun than predators as they free range.

Oddly that's our normal. The rare thing now is the -3 this morning and 4" of snow on top of the 1/4"-1/2" of ice. We can usually go from 75f rain to 10 rain turns to ice back to the 50s all in a 10 day forecast.

ANY coon, snake, possum, I DON'T CARE predators learn an easy meal. If you ever find a problem start trapping, hunting whatever to get rid of it. Not live trap a coon or possum and let it go 2,3,5 miles down the road. They'll b back tomorrow.

Always look for snakes. As they can fit through anything and with PLENTY of rodents to eat. They learn a pattern. At my old place they simply liked eating the eggs every night while I was gone. I work on the road. At that time only a week or 2 at a time. A friend took care of them and took the...

I read that most of these are problems with hawks. Which I've had problems with. Even had one when I came back from hunting, fortunately I decided to watch the chickens instead of returning the gun. I found foot traps for coons on a corner post are efficient. I also use live traps, pet safe...