got a bear video with my game cam on the coop

[MrsBachbach]

Dang. Your chicken was right there looking at him. I think the bear was more curious than hungry. Your chickens were lucky.

 

[MrsBachbach]

I honestly don't think that if that bear decided to get in, a little door right there would stop it.   We have a spot light right over our bed that goes on when anything triggers the motion sensor sport light on the coop.... so we wake up and scare off the foxes, bears, whatever..... we did catch one in the run, and his trying to get in the run to get to that little doorway slowed it down enough that we caught it half in and half out...THAT bear had bitten off a corner of the coop itself, so it could have easily gotten in to the main building of the structure...we are not kidding ourselves...we moved to this house knowing EXACTLY what was in our backyard..... that was one of the draws to it...we just have to hone our techniques is all....   we live southeast of Eugene... in the Willamette National Forest----near Dexter

You need a LGD. They tend to keep the predators away.

 

[bobbi-j]

Electric fencing is not that expensive and easy to put up.

 

[chickienuggers]

You need a LGD. They tend to keep the predators away.

What is an LGD? I have electrice fencing, we were charging the cell for the last week cuz we just bought it, and my hubby is gonna install it today... but what is LGD? I can use any and all help... thanks
And Yeah my poor chicken stared that thing down....scary tuna

 

[sourland]

LGD = livestock guard dog.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Fire Crackers work well against predators just light one and throw it out you window thats what we use to do in Idaho lol.

 

[MrsBachbach]

What is an LGD?  I have electrice fencing, we were charging the cell for the last week cuz we just bought it, and my hubby is gonna install it today... but what is LGD?  I can use any and all help... thanks
And Yeah my poor chicken stared that thing down....scary tuna

Here's one. I read all these threads of people having problems with all types of predators and am so thankful for my LGD. I don't have a fancy coop. I don't even have hardwire, just chickenwire. The woods are right behind the coop. I have bobcat, bear, coon, coyote, fox, opposum, and neighbor dogs here. Since having my LGD for right at 5 years, I have lost a total of three birds, two of them while my LGD was still young. I have been able to let my chickens out everyday to freerange. I was able to leave my coop open (with a little extra precautions) while on vacation so my birds wouldn't be crowded in the pen while I was gone. Despite her large size, she eats very little and has more than paid her way, imo. Before her, I was losing most of my birds every year to other dogs and one time I'm sure it was coyotes. Obtaining the breed of chicken I raise isn't easy or inexpensive and years of breeding make them even more valuable to me. So, my LGD is well worth it. Got her at a bargin price too as far as LGDs go.

 

[bobbi-j]

Here's one. I read all these threads of people having problems with all types of predators and am so thankful for my LGD. I don't have a fancy coop. I don't even have hardwire, just chickenwire. The woods are right behind the coop. I have bobcat, bear, coon, coyote, fox, opposum, and neighbor dogs here. Since having my LGD for right at 5 years, I have lost a total of three birds, two of them while my LGD was still young. I have been able to let my chickens out everyday to freerange. I was able to leave my coop open (with a little extra precautions) while on vacation so my birds wouldn't be crowded in the pen while I was gone. Despite her large size, she eats very little and has more than paid her way, imo. Before her, I was losing most of my birds every year to other dogs and one time I'm sure it was coyotes. Obtaining the breed of chicken I raise isn't easy or inexpensive and years of breeding make them even more valuable to me. So, my LGD is well worth it. Got her at a bargin price too as far as LGDs go.

She's beautiful. Unfortunately, not everyone is in a position to have an LGD. They do cover a lot of ground, don't they? At least that's what I was told by a neighbor that had one that was constantly roaming. She said that they claim a lot of territory as "theirs" and need lots of room. Unfortunately, her roaming dog disappeared one fall during hunting season. Don't know if someone picked it up or if it showed up in the wrong farmyard. I don't really know much about them, so I would most likely not ever get one. My mutt will have to do for keeping the coons, skunks and other critters at bay. We don't really have anything big to worry about.

 

[MrsBachbach]

She's beautiful. Unfortunately, not everyone is in a position to have an LGD. They do cover a lot of ground, don't they? At least that's what I was told by a neighbor that had one that was constantly roaming. She said that they claim a lot of territory as "theirs" and need lots of room. Unfortunately, her roaming dog disappeared one fall during hunting season. Don't know if someone picked it up or if it showed up in the wrong farmyard. I don't really know much about them, so I would most likely not ever get one. My mutt will have to do for keeping the coons, skunks and other critters at bay. We don't really have anything big to worry about. 

No, they would not be for everyone. I live in the country. I have neighbors. I only have a few unfenced acres, but amazingly, my girl does not roam. She was only leashed for the first two weeks after I obtained her at 12 wks old. I walked her daily 2x a day. I brought her leashed in the pens. I taught her commands. One thing I have never had to do was go looking for her. I have never had a neighbor (of which there are quite a few around here) call and tell me my dog was at their house or bothering them. She has her boundries, but they are not far at all. She will go into the woods even though that isn't my property, but she is still in calling distance. She will go across the road to the neighbors cow field, but she is still in calling distance. I have a neighbor who also has one and his is fenced, but when it gets out it goes! All over the mountain, miles from home. So, either my dog is unusual, or it's something I did right. She's fixed, so that might have something to do with it or the fact that I never restrained her except initially or it may be because I was home all the time while raising her.

 

[bobbi-j]

She sounds like a real winner!

My neighbor's dog was all over the country (I live in a rural area, and "neighbor" can be anyone within a 10-mile radius). Her response was, "These dogs think their territory is everywhere" or some such thing. She seemed completely unconcerned that her dog would go several miles from home.