Coyote Attacks! What should I do?

[MeepBeep]

Nothing personal but that article offered little to no practical advice beyond fortifying the coop, and IMO based on what to me are falsehoods or errors on coyote behavior and fortification techniques suggest the author has little to no actual practical knowledge on the subject...

good for you then, i was raised around them so don't really know much about them being overly vicious creatures

It has nothing to do with 'overly vicious' there are simply glaring issues with many of the suggestions on that page and coyote behavior...

For one they talk about the fence being the appropriate height, a coyote can clear jump a 6 foot tall fence, and climb taller ones, so what is an appropriate height?

They recommend chicken wire and even bird netting for fortification, both those are for keeping chickens in not for keeping predators out a coyote will easily breach both in short...

They suggest that locking away the chickens at night will protect them and imply that coyotes only hunt at night or during the dusk hours, this is simply not true yes coyotes are primarily nocturnal hunters but hungry coyotes will hunt all day long even high noon or mid day...

They suggest adding a night light or motion sensor light, IMO useless coyotes in many areas have 'urbanized' and will simply adapt or ignore any lights or worse benefit from the lighted area...

It says coyotes are well known for reaching into a coop and snagging chickens, I'm at a loss for this as this sounds like they shifted to raccoons all the sudden...

As I said the article offers little to no practical advice beyond fortification and is riddled with errors that IMO suggest little to no actual practical knowledge on the subject...

 

[minxie]

It has nothing to do with 'overly vicious' there are simply glaring issues with many of the suggestions on that page and coyote behavior...

For one they talk about the fence being the appropriate height, a coyote can clear jump a 6 foot tall fence, and climb taller ones, so what is an appropriate height?

They recommend chicken wire and even bird netting for fortification, both those are for keeping chickens in not for keeping predators out a coyote will easily breach both in short...

They suggest that locking away the chickens at night will protect them and imply that coyotes only hunt at night or during the dusk hours, this is simply not true yes coyotes are primarily nocturnal hunters but hungry coyotes will hunt all day long even high noon or mid day...

They suggest adding a night light or motion sensor light, IMO useless coyotes in many areas have 'urbanized' and will simply adapt or ignore any lights or worse benefit from the lighted area...

It says coyotes are well known for reaching into a coop and snagging chickens, I'm at a loss for this as this sounds like they shifted to raccoons all the sudden...

As I said the article offers little to no practical advice beyond fortification and is riddled with errors that IMO suggest little to no actual practical knowledge on the subject...

ok well like i put it as straightforward and was just trying to help, coyotes are predators as you state and generally don't do well with other animals as they prey on them for food, the term a dead coyote is the best coyote is a good term here if you are going to go that way, i suggest fencing with electrical wire but make sure to only line the electrical wire on the wood structure of the run and coop area, as you don't want to make the chicken or what fencing you mainly use electrified.

 

[HenHugs]

Thanks for the advice but I think I forgot to mention I only have 3 chickens and a small yard in the city. but if I was a farmer a donkey would be amazing! I have a tiny morkie (Yorkie and Maltese) dog that doesn't bark.

 

[HenHugs]

We have great fencing, But we split a yard with our neighbors who like to be open. I have a tiny dog. I also don't think the city would allow us to get rid of the coyotes. We complained but the said we have to cope with coyotes and cohabit with them in the city.

But great ideas!

 

[MeepBeep]

I also don't think the city would allow us to get rid of the coyotes.

I'm not advocating you violate the law, but in many areas of the US the SSS technique is quite popular... Shoot, Shovel, Shut up....

 

[Kasilofchrisn]

Are there any ADC (animal damage control) trappers in your area?
If so they often have permits to trap predators even in the non hunting seasons.
And they have the knowledge and skills to remove or take care of them.

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[Howard E]

Hugs:

With only 3 birds to worry about, your best solution is to have a tight coop that could be surrounded by 100 coyotes and eventually they would all starve to death trying to figure out a way to get at your birds.

Make it tight and keep them in it and the coyotes....and others.... will move on to look for something they can catch.

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[RIredlady]

We have all sorts of critters in our area. So far the dogs are doing a pretty good job of keeping the critters at bay.

When we first moved in I'd just pop a couple rounds off whenever the coyotes/fishercats/mountain lions etc would come close to the property. Having the dogs bark excessively was an added bonus.

Not sure if its actually been helping, but I've also walked the perimeter of the open yard area with my intact male and had him mark his territory. Again, not sure if its actually helping but we haven't had any coyotes in the open yard or near the chickens.