predator deterrent

Hi again! Before purchasing anything, I’d love feedback on brands / set ups! I’m not great at building things, so the simpler, the better. I’d also like to stay under $500, if possible! I was planning to get a dog kennel, adding a roof, and then having a coop inside! There are *lots* of...

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...

My folks and I are in the middle of moving, stuck at an AirBnB, while my dad's boss takes care of my 6 bantams (Silkies and Barbu). Our new house has a shed + attachment that I got to see today, and my babies will be staying in the attachment, which is about 8ft x 8ft, roughly; it might be a...

Hi, all! I have a pre-fab coop from Tractor Supply that I plan on using until I’m able to complete my long-term goal of building my own coop and run. Now that it’s built and painted, the next step is predator-proofing. Originally I wanted to bury hardware cloth to deter digging predators...

First time chicken owner and decided to build my own brooder box since the pre made ones were either sold out or too expensive. This box was made using all repurposed materials I already had leftover from prior human home rebuilds, etc.; with a few exceptions: the dog kennel pan, plexiglass...

Hi! This is my first post (been lurking since April when I started my flock! Hi all!) I know there are thousands of hawk posts (I’ve read most of them!) I have some specific-to-me questions for the community and am hoping it can provide me and anyone else lurking some insight to reduce risks...

I have two wonderful Pekin ducks and my dad came up with the idea of using tomato cages to deter flying predators with. I thought the idea was a good one and my ducks love having the extra protection

Yesterday we had what I think is a Sharp Shinned hawk dive for our Brahma! There was a huge racket and they all ran and hid(they have a covered run that is more like a pen with a tarp over the top that is not completely enclosed, but I cover the gaps and it is pretty highly hawk resistant-the...

I don’t think I can keep a family of eagles from attacking the ducks whenever they want. The geese can give a warning, but I just don’t think that gives them enough time to get under cover especially when the trees have no leaves. There are 3 eagles all together. 2 adults and a juvenile. I am...

I had something (I'm guessing opossum or raccoon) get one chicken early in September - it ate the head and guts only - but hadn't seen anything since until I was examining the chicken coop after coming back from being out of town today. There's what appears to be fresh scratch and bite marks...

Hi there. New around here. Just moved to a 1.5 acre lot that has an existing coop that I’d like to fix up. Wwyd to predator-proof this? I’m in Colorado near Longmont, raccoons, foxes, birds of prey, maybe even a wandering bear. The run just has normal chicken wire on it. Do I need to do a...

Hi, We are raising our first guinea broods for free ranging tick control and just to have them around on 22 acres of pasture and woodlands near Hillsborough, NC. The first brood (4 survivors/10) is a month old and doing well, and the second (8 survivors/10) is three weeks behind them. We...

Hey, all. Chicken newbie here. We just finished our coops and my father decided to help critter proof the runs from beneath by raising them and putting wire against the ground. Now, my question is, will that wiring need to be covered? Will it hurt little chicken feet? And if so, what should it...

So far i have had two ducks taken by a fox in my neighborhood. The first was one of my two young muscovies back in November or December, and just yesterday one of my welshies (one of the 2 first ducks i ever got) was taken and she would have been 2 years old on September 5th. I think of my ducks...

We have had ducks for about 4 years now and we have finally managed to proof our duck house and the enclosure they live in from raccoons, foxes, hawks, and other various larger predators. In the last few months though, we have had 2 minks get into the enclosure. The first time, the ducks were...

Anyone have experience dealing with gray foxes? I heard a pair barking to each other in my yard last night and saw one slinking along our stone wall when I went out to investigate. My coop is predator-proof, but my run is only mostly predator-proof. It’s chain-link fence with a chicken wire...

I apologize if this is in the wrong thread - if I need to move it please let me know. Here is some background before the questions. Coop is currently being designed and built, so no hens yet. We plan to get 12-15 hens. We have plenty of room, so there will be an outside run possibly 400-500...

Hi all! After nearly losing one of my pet ducks to a hawk the other day, I am strongly considering getting a goose to help ward off predators/raise the alarm (my Appleyard drake is clearly not intimidating enough). They free range during the day and I work from home, so I'd like something that...

Went down to my chicken coop today and discovered a raccoon had attempted to dig in the sand to get to my roosters. From what I can see, the sucker took one chomp out of my steel wool I had underneath the sand(which I was using to keep mice out of a small hole...) and left empty handed. No...