Most common chicken killing predators?

[wrathsfarm]

My opinion? If you build it to protect against rats/weasels, bears, humans, and hawks your pretty much covered for my area in U.S....

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

My opinion? If you build it to protect against rats/weasels, bears, humans, and hawks your pretty much covered for my area in U.S....

Yeah, I live in an area like that too... Except we have foxes and raccoons all the time.

 

[Gax000]

Predators are going to be very regional specific. For example, in northern Michigan you need to concerned about bears but not coyotes. In Central/Eastern Oregon we don’t have to worry about bears or fox, but coyotes are everywhere. We have at least 3 different packs of coyotes in our area, along with hawks, owls, bobcats, and even the occasional cougar.

 

[Red Mangrove]

Should of had feral dogs on the list also. I live next to a state forest and trashy people are fond of dumping their dogs here

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Coyotes and raptors (don't ask what kind, I can't tell you) are the most common to see here just in nature. But domestic dogs, raccoons and bobcat are all the highest for losses here

 

[Alex Franco]

Predation depends on your location. I have a problem with Coopers hawks when chicks are small, have had problems with free ranging/feral dogs

 

[chickenlover8969]

When I first got chicken my dog killed almost the whole flock. she's trained now to leave them alone. I was not very aware when I first got chickens, about 3 years ago.

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Predators are going to be very regional specific. For example, in northern Michigan you need to concerned about bears but not coyotes. In Central/Eastern Oregon we don’t have to worry about bears or fox, but coyotes are everywhere. We have at least 3 different packs of coyotes in our area, along with hawks, owls, bobcats, and even the occasional cougar.

Yep! We don't have bobcats or cougars here. But this is just the one you think is the worst in GENERAL.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Predators are going to be very regional specific. For example, in northern Michigan you need to concerned about bears but not coyotes. In Central/Eastern Oregon we don’t have to worry about bears or fox, but coyotes are everywhere. We have at least 3 different packs of coyotes in our area, along with hawks, owls, bobcats, and even the occasional cougar.

Very true... I did many years in N. Michigan. Didn't have chickens at that time but replaced quite a few bird feeders because of bears.

 

[Evadig]

I heard a pack of coyotes in the woods near my house tonight…gave me the creeps to hear all that yipping and howling - and I frequently walk my dog out there too (not at night but still…!).