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[LisaAnnW]

Haven't caught any chihuahuas lately, but no predators either - then again, with the loud party the neighbors had last night, I didn't expect anything to come around! For now, we're locking everything up really secure at night - some in the garage - and the grown ducks get shooed off to the lake.

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Any updates?? Did you earn your new name??? lol

I'd like to know same thing.if she has caught anything besides the neighbors dog.

 

[Floridachicken1958]

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production reds.

broody? I don't know since I never had them. they look Happy.

Nava I was thinking the very same thing. cause I looked them up online yesterday after I got them.But a few sites say hey are broody.

 

[Floridachicken1958]

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I'd like to know same thing.if she has caught anything besides the neighbors dog.


Lisa another good thing to do is play a radio low volume everynite.It works here.

 

[LisaAnnW]

Unfortunately, logistics are against me because of the angle of our property, and expense of doing anything that would be effective and up to code. I'll probably end up fencing at least a back corner, but we've also had to deal with flooding due to higher water table (Everglades restoration project). I'm an environmental science major, so I understand the need for this, but property that floods every it rains is hard to manage. The ground is wasting away, so even though my neighbor spent thousands of dollars having her five acres beautifully fenced, dogs slip under. I've had fantasies of concertina wire to keep out the badies, but of course that could hurt some innocent creature, so I wouldn't really do it.

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Can you fence your other 2 sides in?

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

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Welcome Lori! Long time no see eh? Home you can get to a swap near you to find a home for those nice boys!

Dianne

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

I've taken everyone's advice, but no luck so far. My neighbors have commented that no one has had any problem with garbage cans tipped or cat food being pilfered, so they don't think we really have a raccoon problem these days.

Nobody around here has any of those problems either but I still have seen 2 dead coons by the side of the road in this res. neighborhood.
It does sound more like a dog though...or coyote​

 

[Floridachicken1958]

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Any updates?? Did you earn your new name??? lol


Lisa here is some info for you. Predators

Easily the largest headache in raising chickens is the wide array of predators that will attack and kill your chickens. Larger preditors include bobcats, foxes, coyotes, stray dogs, the neighbors' dogs and even your own dogs. A four foot chain-link fence will not keep out anything, six is OK, eight has not failed me yet. A single dog can easily kill twenty birds in half an hour, and once a dog gets a taste for chicken, they will keep coming back for more.
Smaller predators include opossums, skunks, weasels, hawks and raccoons. Chain link fences only slow them down, they will always find a way through. The raccoons are the smartest, and most difficult to catch. I have had a raccoon snatch a bird, run forty feet and climb an eight foot chain-link fence before I could cross twenty-feet at a run. Skunks are the most infuriating... They will chew the heads off, sometimes eating out the chest cavity, and often leave the rest of the carcas, or cache it in a corner for later snacks. Don't let a possum fool you, although they will grab eggs if they are available, they can bite clean through the neck of a bird in a snap.
Usually, the smaller predator gets a bird the first evening, and I would use the remains to bait the live trap on the next evening. Use a trap about 12" tall by 10" wide by 26" long. If the trap is too small, the animal will not enter it. Keep your scent off the trap as much as possible, and bait it with a sardine or two if you do not have chicken parts.

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO DIANE A.K.A ChooksinChoppers FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SILKIES!!

Sparkle, Star, & Velvet are doing great & the boys LOVE them!!

Here's a pic of my boys w/ the beauties on the ride home!

 

[LisaAnnW]

Awww, so cute. Angel says hi!

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[ChobeeChickenMommy]

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Aww, They say hi back!! & they miss her. lol...