Best coyote proof fence??

[Mahonri]

8 foot fences that can't be climbed. They can jump right over a 6 ft fence.

 

[twentynine]

For the same $99 you spending on them night guard things, you can equip yourself with an electric fence guarding the entire perimeter of your enclosure.

I keep my chickens in a light wire enclosure, this enclosure would easily be violated if not for the electric fencing. I have never lost a chicken guarded by a charged wire. It does take some thinking and some upkeep, but it is 90% fool proof. I say 90% because nothing, really nothing is 100%. Bobcats, coons, foxes, coyotes all make their living busting into places they ain't suppose to be, given long enough, they could and would bust into a bank vault to get your hens.

 

[tammyd57]

I agree with those who have suggested running hot wires around the chicken area. Coyotes can get over just about any fence. I think the reason that the blinking red light thingy didn't prevent your losses because they are designed to work at night and you say your losses were in broad daylight. Electric fence works 24 hours a day and will keep out everything but the dreaded Chupacabra.

 

[no1hilbily]

shot the coyotes

 

[tammyd57]

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The trouble with shooting coyotes is that there are always more to replace the ones killed. You never get finished shooting them all. It's far easier to exclude them from livestock areas with electric fencing.

 

[purpletree23]

I agree with no1hilbily

 

[twentynine]

I don't agree with shooting the coyote!

You can shoot the coyote if it is the coyote you see. But what about all them coyotes you ain't around to see. Like when you are gone to feedstore, school, work, or simply asleep.

You can not guard your chicken house with gun in hand, 24-7-365, it's impossible.

You see 10 coyotes you shoot 10 coyotes, what about the 1 you didn't see? He is still hungry, and your chickens if not properly protected are on the menu.

 

[lolliandpaul]

It would depend on the size of your pond and animal area that you have already fenced in. I use either bird netting, or deer fencing (from Gardeners.com) and put it over the top enclosing the area. I live in a very remote area of Northern California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have coyotes, bobcats and the other various animals that love chickens, etc. You may have to add fence posts in the middle of your area and I also had to use high strength fishing line to attach more than one panel of the netting/fencing together (like sewing fishing netting), but I don't have issues with the predators. I have never lost a chicken to them, even with seeing the predators sniffing around the fencing. I also buried edging stones along the outside of my fence as coyotes will dig to get inside.