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[RedwoodCoastChick]

Bobcats are quite diurnal, I too have seen them waltz right by the run during the day! I keep telling myself I need to install a trail cam up by the coop, I am sure all sorts of scary things are lurking at night!

A trail cam can be very useful and revealing - and scary when you see who-all is lurking around the coop & run day and night! Watching our trail cam videos warned us in advance that our future chickens would need serious protection - we have 4 black bears, coyotes, gray foxes, raccoons, roaming dogs, bobcat and now & then a mountain lion traipsing up & down our gravel driveway and through our surrounding woods. And aerial predators as well - hawks, owls, etc. so alas the girls can't free range safely inside the ~acre of fenced yard. So, heavy wire fencing (7' deer fence) plus electric fence for perimeter, and 1/2' hardware cloth top, sides and underneath the coop & run. Plus carabiner locks to defy clever raccoon hands!

So far, so good...No Sasquatch yet.

 

[TwoCrows]

A trail cam can be very useful and revealing - and scary when you see who-all is lurking around the coop & run day and night! Watching our trail cam videos warned us in advance that our future chickens would need serious protection - we have 4 black bears, coyotes, gray foxes, raccoons, roaming dogs, bobcat and now & then a mountain lion traipsing up & down our gravel driveway and through our surrounding woods. And aerial predators as well - hawks, owls, etc. so alas the girls can't free range safely inside the ~acre of fenced yard. So, heavy wire fencing (7' deer fence) plus electric fence for perimeter, and 1/2' hardware cloth top, sides and underneath the coop & run. Plus carabiner locks to defy clever raccoon hands!

So far, so good...No Sasquatch yet.

Please let me know when you finally see a sasquatch on your cam.

I finally did install a trail cam about a month ago! Nothing interesting yet at night, lots of Deer, Elk, even an owl flew through. The Ravens keep it active during the day flying through. Bears have been lurking up the road, I'm hoping to catch one on my cam!

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Please let me know when you finally see a sasquatch on your cam.

I finally did install a trail cam about a month ago! Nothing interesting yet at night, lots of Deer, Elk, even an owl flew through. The Ravens keep it active during the day flying through. Bears have been lurking up the road, I'm hoping to catch one on my cam!

Believe me, when a Sasquatch shows up, I'm posting the video here first! [I just hope they don't like to eat chicken, just about everything else does.] Let's hope your bears continue to lurk AWAY from your chickens!

 

[TwoCrows]

Believe me, when a Sasquatch shows up, I'm posting the video here first! [I just hope they don't like to eat chicken, just about everything else does.] Let's hope your bears continue to lurk AWAY from your chickens!

I am sure Sasquatches eat chicken!

The neighbor saw the bear meandering around about a 1/2 mile from here last week, I've been keeping a close eye out at dusk. I will definitely post a cam pic if he turns up on it!