Need advice

[EBertram]

Hi all, I want to thank everyone in advance for their help, I have learned so much on here and I so appreciate your responses.

I have a question and would welcome your opinions. We are moving back into city limits, our city has recently changed the laws regarding backyard chickens (thankfully) and we are now allowed 6 hens (which as many of you understand is not nearly enough, lol) we also have a rooster named Boaz, that none of us want to part with.
Now for the opinion part, there is a plot of land that I can rent from a family member to keep chickens on(that is 1/2 mile from where we are moving) it’s in a rural area, but by the road so it does see some traffic. They have seen some loitering previously in an old house that was on the property. My question is does anyone have any ideas to keep people away. I’m thinking possibly put cameras in the tree and post notice of it?
What do you all think?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Electric fence.
The camera will net evidence but won't keep people away and posting information on it will just have them stealing the camera.

 

[EBertram]

Electric fence.
The camera will net evidence but won't keep people away and posting information on it will just have them stealing the camera.

Didn’t think of that, thanks. Any fence you would recommend?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Any kind with at least two strands would work for two legged predators. If you want to combine it with protection from 4 legged predators and keeping chickens in, a mesh type fencing like Premier One but there are many good brands.
If you have electric power, that is good but you may be better off with a solar type.

 

[The Dapper Duck]

Get a trail camera with cell phone upload capabilities so you can check it when you want and get up to date location data. Get a "bear box" and a lock for it, so it can't be turned off without someone taking a bolt cutter to it. And also get a 5/16" steel cable to cable it to a tree or post. This is going to be a little expensive at first, but there is a good reason for all of this.

We had a wildlife camera up at a location for work stuff and it had cell upload, but no box. Someone swiped the camera, and we even got pictures of their back yard, but they turned it off before the GPS updated. So my boss put up another camera and cabled it to the frame of the structure it was on, but no bear box. Again, the guy came and broke the board it was on so he could slip the cable off, and took it home. This time we were lucky and I checked the camera just after he had stolen it, so I forced the GPS location to update. Long story short, the sheriff came knocking on his door asking for our camera and other equipment back. That wouldn't have been the case if he had turned the power off on the camera right away (he could have, but he wasn't the brightest bulb).

Anyway, the bear box will stop anyone from turning off the power or collecting the data card, which gives the camera time to update it's location in the event that they somehow bypass that cable you have running through the bear box and around a tree or pole. Anything short of them taking a 10lb sledge to the face of the camera, they won't be able to cover up their tracks, which is a good deterrent.