Daytime predators?

[escapepodowner]

OH YES THOSE COYOTES AND FOX WILL HUNT DURING THE DAY! ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE YOUNG TO FEED! I HAVE GUINEAS AND CHICKENS- THE GUINEAS ARE THE WATCHDOGS- THEY CAN ESCAPE BY FLYING 30' UP BUT THE POOR CHICKENS ARE PRETTY HELPLESS....BECAUSE OF MY GUINEAS AND YEARS OF HIKING, HAVE SEEN BOTH FOX AND COYOTES BRAZENLY STALKING MY POULTY- HIDING BEHIND TREES, SLINKING AROUND THE EDGE OF MY RAISED BED GARDEN, ETC. I JUST NOW LOST 2 MORE OF MY 4 CHICKENS- LAST WEEK ONE DISAPPEARED. THERE ARE NO FEATHERS SO I ASSUME IT WAS A COYOTE...WHEN FOX TAKES ONE, THERE ARE FEATHERS AS THE FOX IS SMALLER AND THERE IS MORE OF A BATTLE... THE PRICE OF FREE RANGING IS VERY HIGH- WILL HAVE TO KEEP MY LAST 2 GIRLS IN A FENCED ORCHARD BUT EVEN A 6 FOOT FENCE IS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP A HUNGRY COYOTE...OUR NEIGHBOR HAS BIG LAB BREEDING AND TRAINING AND EVEN WITH ALL THOSE DOGS, A COYOTE SNATCHED AND JUMPED HIS 6'FENCE WITH HIS WIFE'S SPANIEL IN ITS MOUTH... AND THOSE ARE JUST THE LAND PREDATORS!
WE HAVE GOLDEN EAGLES AND LARGE HAWKS AND OWLS ALSO AND THE GUINEAS GO OFF IF A TURKEY BUZZARD FLIES OVER AS WELL...THE GUINEAS ARE HELPFUL BUT BY THE TIME YOU CAN REACT, THE PREDATOR IS GONE WITH THE PREY.
FYI OUR VET HAS HAD HIS VERY REINFORCED CHICKEN COOP RAIDED BY A CLEVER BOBCAT ( TRAIL CAM AND TRAPPED) AND A BEAR ( ALSO TRAPPED) SO IT IS THE SAD PART OF THE POULTRY EXPERIENCE I GUESS...ONCE A PREDATOR HAS DISCOVERED THE EASY KILL OF A CHUNKY HAPPY CHICKEN, IT WILL BE BACK FOR MORE, SADLY....
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW- MANY PREDATORS THAT USUALLY HUNT AT NIGHT MAY ALSO HUNT DURING THE DAY.....

 

[rides2far]

My horses chase any coyotes that come into our pasture. It's pretty funny to see. The young ones walk right up the middle of our street.