My trail camera took pictures of the bobcat at 10am, 3pm, 7pm and I ran across him personally at 10pm, all within 6 days. I let them out in the late afternoon until sunset. So far the electric fence appears to have kept the predators at bay.
I had the same problem, foxes and bobcats picking off my chickens, ducks and guineas. I went with an electric net fence around the chicken yard. No, they no longer had free range of the entire place, but they have a safe area they can be out and about. Since getting the net fence, my losses have...