predator advice

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. 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...
  5. 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
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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
  13. 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...
  14. Cloverr39

    What killed her? (pictures included)

    Opened the coop today to see a dead pullet right by the door. She had some blood near her neck and upon further inspection I saw 3 tiny little holes in her neck. I'm assuming it's a predator that killed her. What could've done it and how do I prevent it from coming back?
  15. ChocolateWingTheRooster

    Help!! Predator got one of my pullets!

    Hello all. Long time no post here. Just lost my first pullet in a while to what clearly was a predator. Body is completely gone, no blood, only scattered and clearly torn out feathers left in her place. According to my dad he heard squawking last night, but he only told me this afternoon-ish...
  16. L

    I am 3 years in, and I still don't have it right.

    Hi my name is Louie, and I started learning how to raise chickens at the beginning of the pandemic. I like in an unincorporated part of Indiana and have a little land and figured that if things really went south, that I could live off of chicken meat and eggs. I turned my shed into the coop, and...
  17. A

    Chicken coop and run on top of pallets as flooring

    Hi, I'm looking to add an additional layer of protection (predators) to my coop and run. I want to put 6 pallets as the flooring of my run, and in the middle put the coop already built. Build walls on the edges of the pallets and cover them with hardware cloth 1/2 inch. I have a few questions...
  18. CochinLady61

    Racoon Disaster

    I thought I should share my Racoon Disaster because I thought my coop was safe. It was for about 20 years, and then it wasn't. The racoon climbed onto the top of my coop and did some acrobatic maneuvers to wedge himself between my rafter / ventilation space. He was able to get in and out the...
  19. W

    Predator that eats only the neck but leaves the spine and head intact. Help Identify please.

    We found one of our chickens whose neck was stripped of all flesh and feathers but leaves a naked spine connected to a fully intact head and the breast down was perfectly fine aswell. This is the second time this has happened, the first time was either at night or early afternoon. The one we...
  20. Chickengeek2020

    Moving, and need advice on predator proofing

    So I am getting ready to move. I have heard there are cougars in the area, and pretty sure one was spotted on the property last week. And I know there are raccoons, and weasels as well as I'm sure coyotes and Foxes. I've dealt with coyotes, Foxes, and possums at this current place. But how do I...
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