Quote: Wyandotte Blue,
(Silkie "incubators disguised as featherdusters.") I agree. I have never seen a bear in our area but I know from the news that in some areas they are a pest. Here we have possums, coyotes, fox, hawks, owls, bobcats, raccoons. Electric is your friend, dogs too. I don't have any dogs any more and not likely to get another one as it would probably outlive me, (I'm an old retired lady and don't get around like I did in my youth) so for me it's electricity. Once a critter touches the wire it doesn't come back to try again. About 2 months ago about a week apart, two snakes got electrocuted. I have heavy duty resistant netting over all of my pens and nothing has gotten in. The other day I did catch a possum. I had seen the tracks near the coops and put out a live trap and caught it. Crows are our friends. If I get any cracked eggs I usually put them out for the crows. If crows hang around and see a hawk, they will chase the hawk off. Before I put the netting over the top of my pens the crows would patrol for any eggs that might get layed in the pens and would get the egg. Good luck and have fun...
