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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    We had the same problem when my mother in law killed all of the snakes on the property. She could not stand them. I kept trying to move them away from the house but we eventually did wind up with a rodent problem. She has since passed and our gopher and garter snakes are coming back but it's...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    Thank you. I have always understood that they were! With the bear spray, yes. Wear a mask and safety goggles while doing this in case the wind shifts direction. I spray toward the offenders if I catch them in my yard which is really effective. They hate the smell. I must be some kind of...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    In addition to what's listed, i use welded wire kennels and coops wrapped in chicken wire for runs around my coops so that predators can't reach in and grab a bird, plant mint and use peppermint oil soaked paper towels as a rodent deterrent (raccoons are rodents) when I see them sniffing around...
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