Bobcat Caught On Camera!

[Going Quackers]

wow, definitely not the guest your after! pretty scary. Nice set-up you have those cattle panels are good n strong. We have some around our sheep.

 

[Finny]

Wow shes pretty! Before I had ducks I would have been thrilled to see a bobcat around but after having ducks and seeing what predators do to them, its hard to look at these beautiful predators the same way.

 

[Vickers58]

The pool/run area is still in the works. I am not good with calculating footage, so I will ask my husband. We recently had a hawk kill one of our runner ducks so we have turned it into sort of an aviary. There is rabbit wire along the top of the frame to protect them. I will take pictures of it this evening.

If you look at the video today I have moved the camera to a spot where you can see where we have the pools draining out to our garden on the other side of the fence!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/duck-duck-mckibben

the blue tarp is temporarily in place around the little tree so they won't fall into the gap and harm their legs. we still have a lot of work to do, and a need another load of pea gravel. We are going to be on coop tour in May...so we are hustling!

 

[ducksinarow]

I love the motion sprinkler idea. I saw a frog one at Disney it got me wet.

 

[LaurelC]

I love the motion sprinkler idea. I saw a frog one at Disney it got me wet.

People use these all the time to deter raccoons from stuff like Koi ponds and trash cans, I don't see why it wouldn't be an effective deterrent to anything that doesn't enjoy getting squirted with a stream of cold water without warning. My husband's buddy has some "trail cams" set up for low light shooting that have motion detectors. I think I'll set them up in the yard once we have the ducks to see what kind of interest they end up stirring up.

 

[Vickers58]

i forgot to add the pictures!

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[Vickers58]

 

[LaurelC]

I love the deck setup. I may have to steal that in the future.