Any suggestions for protecting free-range chickens from coyotes? Our chickens generally go to the tree-tops at night which seemed to keep them safe from the coyotes. Recently, however, we lost a rooster and a few hens. They have a coop but prefer to use it during the day for laying. I'm not gonna go shooting or trapping the coyotes, I would prefer a deterrant. Would it help to have our dogs mark around the edges of our property? I think for a while it deterred the coyotes just because we have dogs but they might have figured out that the dogs can't leave their pen. We can't let the dogs roam free on the property: one, because it isn't fenced and two, because they like to play with the chickens and cats if they get to them (which ends up killing them).
Has anyone heard of using mountain lion urine to mark property? There are places online that sell it but I don't know if that would work, or if it's even a good idea.
Thanks,
Debby
Has anyone heard of using mountain lion urine to mark property? There are places online that sell it but I don't know if that would work, or if it's even a good idea.
Thanks,
Debby