Between the coyotes and bobcats I am at a loss

[srsmith69]

My parents had two "cockapoos" eaten by coyotes. Think BIGGER!!

 

[ProductionRed09]

I have two Shar-Pei...Both will chase the chickens..So, I will go electric...

 

[twentynine]

Electric fence!!!!!!!!!!

It is always on duty.

You can have 17 shotguns, 13 pistols and 6 tin cans full of rocks, but if you ain't there to use them, then they will protect nothing. The electric fence works when you are at home, it works at night, it works when you are gone, it works all the time.

Dog? Have read a few post about the guard dog, eating the chickens. Besides you don't have time to train a dog, you need protection for your chickens now!!!!!!

 

[pride&joy]

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Electric fence well place and well maintained is nice, but I do have two wonderful Anatolian Sheppard great dogs with the family and stock but fierce when it comes to predators of any kind. Some times you can find one at a breed rescue type place? Just an idea a LGD type dog would keep all comers at bay from birds to bears.

 

[Plain Old Dee]

I'm going to get hit for this, I just know it!

We've never lost more than one or two pullets at a time to loan coyotes or bobcats. A pack of coyotes may make off with multiple hens, but bobcats don't pack up and very rarely waste energy on killing sprees. I'm thinking it's possible that something else has also been visiting your henhouse. The only time we've lost multiple hens was to dogs.

Please don't hit me - it's just something to think about...

 

[ProductionRed09]

I do not think that a dog can climb a 8 foot pen (these were chain link dog pens before they were made into runs)

The chickens were missing, only feathers were found, no bodies. I clip their wings, so I do not think they could have flown out.

 

[rufus]

Losing twenty hens at once without any sign of carnage leads me to think of two legged predators. Must of been a church supper or a family reunion.

Rufus