I'm just wondering what everyone might think of using a radio in the coop. Do you think that the noise would keep the raccoons from lurking around? Could it possibly work?
I use one for my parrots but i never thought about using it for the shikkins. I bet it would help somewhat with predators though as they'd think a human was close. P.S. your avatar is hilarious!
My parrots also LOVE the radio! They sing, dance, make drum noises............ I wonder how the chickens would respond?
I know that several people use them and studies have shown that the music helps the chickens and increases production. I think that was classical music though. I makes sense because if chickens are calm they do better, and I think it just calms them. I've seriously thought about adding one to mine
I have mine set to a soft rock station and it seems to make the turkey poults I have housed there a lot more calm.
I have had a predator kill my chickens and I came on here asking for help and a lot of folks said to use a radio in the coop. They also said that even though this sounds gross, have a dog or human urinate around the coop. I have tried this and it works!! Good luck!
I keep an old radio in the coop. I think hearing human voices keeps my flocks accustomed to people. When I am out and about around the barn I like the sound of country music floating on the air.
I have a radio in each of my coops, all on talk shows. Plus some on my motion dectectors, these are on loud hard rock. I believe in the use of a radio to keep predators at bay, it doesn't matter what station it is on.