Hey all.
I have been away working on my fence at the bottom of my property below my chicken runs a half area garden area I finished and a half area extremely secure goat yard.
posts and t posts about 6 1/2 ft apart High Strength Hi tensile Fixed knot no climb ( this is the very best fencing you can get for your next chicken run ) fencing secure to concrete stakes.
concrete speed bumps under the gates and i ended up putting headers over the gates not in the pictures.
Why did I do all this?
This should keep the coyotes away from my next free ranging flock. also we got a few goats . Including Izzie our San Clemente Island Doe.
we are getting a boy to probably wether unless i want to deal with a building a buck pen.
Do you have any guardian livestock flock-type (not herders but large guardian) dogs? I understand Maremmas, Pyrennes, Ovtcharka, etc etc are good at sitting inside the flock and don't leave the flock/herd until a predator is about to pounce. Herder breeds run off after a predator and leave the flock unprotected but guardian breeds stay with the livestock and don't attack unless the predator is dangerously close. Coyotes and foxes are cunning and agile. My DD has stopped keeping pet cats because the neighborhood has lost its cat population to Coyotes. Your reinforcement fencing should be helpful but if I had your great setup I'd have myself a couple trained livestock dog breeds - of course, another excuse to have more farm pets!
