predator advice

  1. Kellyjean86

    Flock has stopped going into the coop at night

    HELLLLLP! Over the last few weeks more and more of my chickens are roosting in the barn OUTSIDE the safety of the coop. Since they were babies they have always instinctively found their way into the automatic coop door into the coziness of their beautiful safe coop. We have 14 chickens and 4...
  2. cluck_this

    advice for mink deterrent in winter

    I'm in central VT, currently under +18" or so of snow, and a mink that's been prowling finally struck in broad daylight. The girls have mostly stayed in their coop except to come out for some water or treats, but we've now locked them in. The run doesn't have mink proof fencing but more on the...
  3. Foley Hill Chicken Finger

    Old Shed Coop and Run Suggestions Needed

    Hello all! I am planning on building my first coop for my first backyard flock. I have a 10 ft x 10 ft old shed that was given to me that I am going to convert into a coop and move down the hill in my backyard about 50-60 feet. I was wondering if any of you would be willing to give me any...
  4. B

    Persistent Owl

    Due to an incredibly awful mistake on my part, an owl was able to get into our coop the other morning and killed one of our chickens. It has come back the past two nights and has spent a considerable amount of time sitting outside of the coop waiting. Based on any of your experiences, is...
  5. blue_hydrangea_homestead

    How to keep snakes away from chicks

    Hello all, I have 2.5 week old chicks and they were getting too big for their brooder. Yesterday was their first day in the “big run” and they all did fantastic during the day. I went to check on them at 9:30 last night and counted all five. This morning, I went out there at 7:00 and found...
  6. B

    Unknown Death-Help

    Discovered this girl in our woods after arriving back home. No puncture wounds or blood from what I can see, hardly any feather loss. A few feathers about 3 yards away but majority of them are in the photo pictured. Our dog who is normally outside was inside during the potential time of death...
  7. newchickychick

    Baby chick - missing from garage?

    So for first context, we brood in our garage. (Our oldest chicks are a little over 8 weeks old and out in the temp. coop. We're almost finished with our BIG one which we plan to add an 'introductory coop' to beside for easier brooding and flock integration because man, garage brooding is...
  8. Chicks Creek

    Advice needed for predator proofing this

    Sorry I'm not an artist lol but this is the area I'm planning to put our coop/run. We own 9.5 mostly wooded acres so there are predators galore out there. The coop (green) will be completely locked up at night with chickens inside. I'm going to make sure there are no gaps or holes for any...
  9. Lspears218

    Emergency- my hens are being hunted - what is getting them!?

    Good morning all- So I will make this as short as I can while giving as much detail of my property as I can. I live in Louisiana on the bayou - yes there are gators here but it is currently cold and rainy. Also the bayou is about 100 ft down a steep hill and a gator has never came up onto...
  10. M

    What got my turkeys?

    I am so upset and confused. I went to check on my turkeys this afternoon and this is what I found. I hadn’t been out to the pasture since last night so I assume this happened sometime last night. I have had turkeys in this same tractor for three years now and this has never happened. It’s just...
    • manyacres
    • Thread
    • advice and help please predator advice predator attack question turkeys
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  11. O

    Needing Predator Proofing Tips

    ( Please skip to next paragraph for immediate question, this paragraph is just the explanation) Hi there! I’m trying to be more active here and I need some tips for my two ducks. I don’t plan on getting more ducks at all, and I intend to protect these two ducks with my whole life. They both mean...
  12. M

    Mourning my male quail 😞

    Two days ago I found a scalped male on the cage with only males i separated two weeks ago. Thinking my oldest quail was the culprit I isolated him and the scalped quail to heal. The next day another scalped quail. At this point I was like who tf. So I took the quail out and only one quail was...
    • Marychickyquails
    • Thread
    • #help coop safety dog dog attack predator predator advice
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  13. CassieTheChickenTender

    Possible racoons in my garage

    For weeks we have been hearing some type of animal inside the wall of our garage. At first we thought mice but it sounds a lot bigger. I couldn't find any opening where an animal could get in until the other day. i realized... our doggy door to the garage 🤦‍♀️ it's opening it and climbing behind...
  14. T

    Guinea trio gone + dead rooster

    We had a weird situation where we had a flock of 3 young chickens, 3 young guinea fowl, and 1 adult rooster. The youngsters grew up together and the rooster seems to have adopted them once they started to free range. This morning between 5-6 am the guineas were attacked and assumed killed...
  15. CashewVulture

    Bear break-in

    Today, at about 8:40 PM, we heard our dog Shelby (who is tied at her doghouse when we can’t supervise her off leash, she isn’t fully trusted with chickens and can’t be indoors. She has been outdoors her whole life.) barking, and when I went out to look from the window, she was barking towards...
  16. mrslita2019

    What are your thoughts???

    Hi All, We picked up 10 hens of various types from my aunt last week. They have been raised free ranging and getting egg layer AM and PM. We live on 10 VERY OPEN acres. Built them a decent size coop to keep them safe from predators. I am feeding egg layer AM and PM with a few treats like...
    • mrslita2019
    • Thread
    • adult chickens free range chickens happy birds managing chickens predator advice
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  17. Lovemylilcluckers

    Outside Roosts Dog Proof

    We have had the same (shepherd) dog jump our fence twice in the last two months taking out 25 chickens. He is very determined! We have now raised the fence to 6-8 feet in most areas but I’m hoping to put a roost out in our fully fenced pasture. Any suggestions and pictures yard roosts that are...
  18. Navigator73

    Need help improving our predator defenses!

    We are 4 months into our effort to raise chickens. So far it’s been working pretty well, until today. We have a nice sized coop that sits at the far end of a fenced in area that is about 4000 sq ft in total (the area, not the coop). We put up a wooden privacy fence in December for them to have...
  19. T

    Lost two of my girls in broad daylight yesterday. The other two do NOT want to be kept in an enclosure. What do I do?

    I'm posting this for advice but also just to lament the loss of my Prairie Bluebell and Production Red. I did not know how absolutely devastated I would be. The red especially (named Red aka the Colonel) was the sweetest bird. She would run up and greet my husband when he got home from work. She...
    • thewhimsicalflock
    • Thread
    • free range chickens grief loss of a chicken predation predation management predator advice predator attack predator control
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  20. Madi431

    *GRAPHIC* Any idea what could have done this to one of my hens?

    I have several hens and one rooster. I usually let them free roam and haven’t had an incident in several years. We don’t have coyotes or foxes near here. I mostly cats, hawks, and possums. I went outside to check on the hens and noticed that there were a bunch of feathers thrown around near the...
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