Hi all!

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC! Terribly sorry to here about your flock. Hopefully you can get your coop nice and secure.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC, Jim!

 

[wisecane]

Hello Jim, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Do your new security measures include electric fencing?

Most likely in some capacity.

I'm live in a subburb, but have 1/4 ac so big backyard.

The coyotes climbed my privacy fence to get in.

We had never had issues so the coop door was open.

It didn't take long to figure everything out and I went on the offensive.

The coyotes had been pushed through our area due to development. They've been eliminated, but I still lock my girls up every night now.

 

[Grammy60]

Hello Jim and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined our flock.

 

[Dakota8472]

Most likely in some capacity.

I'm live in a subburb, but have 1/4 ac so big backyard.

The coyotes climbed my privacy fence to get in.

We had never had issues so the coop door was open.

It didn't take long to figure everything out and I went on the offensive.

The coyotes had been pushed through our area due to development. They've been eliminated, but I still lock my girls up every night now.

It is sad but we do got to lock them up. poor chickens are just to tasty for their own good.

 

[sourland]

Hello, Jim, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[Fuchsia]

Hello
Welcome to BYC!

 

[highlandcows03]

Hi welcome to Backyard Chickens!

 

[Sammi_0411]

Hey from the UK! Welcome to BYC it's lovely to have you here lots of useful knowledge and advice on here and everyone trys to assist with any questions or queries.
XxSamXx

 

[DobieLover]

The coyotes had been pushed through our area due to development. They've been eliminated, but I still lock my girls up every night now.

It's always best to lock them up in a predator proof enclosure at night. If not coyotes, it'll be raccoons, weasels, possums, stray dogs, whatever.