Bobcat Tried My Chicken Run

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

I found these post insulators for wire on amazon and they should work with the tight gap we have. I will use them to add 3 lines electrical wire around the cage. (4.5 ft., 3 in., 1.5 in. off the ground). I will also be adding a plastic cape to the tree to prevent it from getting zapped.
I'll try my best to keep electrical wire on even when I'm doing coop cleaning, etc. Hopefully this works at keeping it in the bushes instead of on the run.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I found these post insulators for wire on amazon and they should work with the tight gap we have. I will use them to add 3 lines electrical wire around the cage. (4.5 ft., 3 in., 1.5 in. off the ground). I will also be adding a plastic cape to the tree to prevent it from getting zapped.
I'll try my best to keep electrical wire on even when I'm doing coop cleaning, etc. Hopefully this works at keeping it in the bushes instead of on the run.

good luck darn it but join our state thread huh.

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

good luck darn it but join our state thread huh.

Oh good idea! Thank you

To keep our path between the two enclosures, we ended up putting wire through electrical pvc underground. Cleaned around branches around the wire and it works!

Bobcat said hi but didn't come close.

 

[McChooky]

It may always hunt your chickens but it'll come around less and less as time goes by.The electric fence should keep it away( they respect electric fences) Your biggest threats now will likely be raccoons and foxes.They are much harder to keep away

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

It may always hunt your chickens but it'll come around less and less as time goes by.The electric fence should keep it away( they respect electric fences) Your biggest threats now will likely be raccoons and foxes.They are much harder to keep away

I don't have either due to the bobcat. Aside from the bobcat, it's the occasional hawk but the chickens have overhead protection. We do have mice, rats, and moles though as carriers for mites and such.