need help fast... coyotes..

[Polish Chickens]

Have a dog with you that will fight off the coyote and also have a gun handy when you're sitting out there by the coop. After that you'll really need to 100% predator proof your coop with electric fences and one buried in the ground

 

[chellebyerly]

ack!! so sorry!!

I'd do the gun thing too. if you can get a critter tape it would pull them up. (baby rabbit screaming or such, they are for hunting them)

I would lock up my dogs though. My blue healer is still sufferin from his back that got messed up (he was paralized from nerve damage) from a coyote fight in my front yard 21 months ago. He is an older dog, and everyone begged me to put him down, but after a few months he was able to start walking again. And gets around pretty good now, but, it was touchy for a while, and he isnt 100%, never will be.





good to know pop. Thanks

 

[92caddy]

You could try peeing around your chickens pen, or have hubby do it, works for me, or you could try to find some wolf fur and put that around your pens, I hear that will keep em away, I havent tried it myself, but know someone who did try it and said it worked.

 

[hensplease]

shoot em its fast and probly the most humane

 

[Freebie]

We had a coon problem last year. My husband asked for a chicken he could put in a live trap. I was floored. but he assured me my chicken would be fine. Sure enough. he layed in the back of his truck and put that live trap with my live chicken in the middle of the drive way. It was almost dark, and waited. Soon 2 coons came to get the chicken. he shot them and I put my chicken back in the coop. I have not lost another one yet to coons.
I don't shot guns, guess I should learn.

 

[Nikki28]

Coyotes are a huge issue here too. Our coop and run is next to our house I plan on stringing bells around the chicken and rabbit area to alert me (and our dog) to break-in attempts. Since we just got the house and lighting is poor for the moment to make shooting imposible I have an air horn that has been very affective in the past. It got to point at our last place that they didn't even bother after a couple tries.

I'm sorry for your loss and hopefully you find something that works for you.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

I have heard of the Golden Malrin approach. Do not know a lot about it though.

You will need to arm yourself. I had to carry a .380 around for about 2 months after my heeler was suckered into a coyote pack and killed.

They kept coming for my other dog and we still have her in the mud room EVERY night.

We hear them in a pack every so often, but we still see evidence of their presence. I have seen one or two in the early morning by the pasture where the miniature horses are. I have managed to kill only one.

We keep all the babies in the barn locked up. These things are a real menace and they are opportunists. Kill them ON SITE, do not hesitate.

These guys are NOT your loving canine, they are KILLERS. People do not realize just how dangerous these guys are to livestock that they can bring down in a minute.

 

[nnbreeder]

Use cattle panels on your runs/coops combined with a smaller wire too. The 4x4in square of the cattle panels will not stop smaller predators but it will stop Coyotes and large dogs. Plus the 3/16 wire will not be pulled apart by teeth. It can also be buried down and last many years under the ground unlike smaller gauge wire that rusts away in a year or two.

As for the immediat problem tape a maglite flashlight under the front of the stock of your favorite shotgun or rifle and when you hear them turn the light on and shoot them.

 

[emvickrey]

I vote shoot also. I would be afraid that something other than the coyotes would get the recipie. If you have children they are in danger also. If anybody goes outside at night they are in danger. A pack will take y ou or a child down in no time and drag you off. A child is no contest. You need to get rid of the entire pack. Try using a cage and put another chicken or rooster in it. Something more secure so they can't get to it so easily. When you see then shoot. They will keep coming back until your flock is gone.

I have a relative that had 2 small dogs killed and eaten by coyotes.

 

[ChickenDogDuck]

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Momma coyote may have taken the new pups out for a training mission and stopped at your place for a "Happy Meal". The pups in your area are probably at that stage that they haven't learned the grab and run routine yet but do know "it's time to eat".