Attack of the bears.

[Cayuga momma]

Have you done any research into which products you might get? I just got some netting that is around the coop at our new place, but I will be using that for pasturing birds later. I was thinking a single or double wire or ribbon around the coop/run. Any thoughts?

I'm gonna put it together myself. From TSC. 3 wires up from the ground and 1 wire running above the fencing. I started looking into it last year and have the info tucked away somewhere.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

@DobieLover

 

[WindingRoad]

My coop is as secure as a coop can be, but I've seen bears break into homes so I'm hoping they will leave the coop alone. I'm gonna start bringing the containers inside my house.

I got a big metal trash can. I use a heavy duty metal type "bungee" with two locks on each bail and under the handle. I don't think bears could get into it. But as the snow is only inches deep here now I did notice that the deer ate most of the buds off my Macintosh tree. So I will have to get some deer fencing. Even the IRISH spring soap didn't seem to work. But I think all the wet weather kinda made it much less pungent.

 

[DobieLover]

You're on the right track with the hot wires AND bringing in the feed. The bears are being drawn in by the feed. You will want to run multiple strand wires with a very punchy charger. Here are two interesting videos for you:

This is why you want to remove the food attractant:

If you catch the bear returning to the run, after you get the hot wires up, I would drape bacon over the wires in the area it was going through. You want the bear to lead in with its face and take a shot directly to its nose.

 

[mowin]

Yep. I'm in the same boat. Bear took every bag of garbage from my bin, but luckily left my coop alone.