need help fast... coyotes..

[BellLisamo]

could it have been something else that got the roosters?

 

[Cetawin]

Get locked and cocked...kill whatever it is coming near the coop. show no mercy for your birds will receive none.

 

[Davaroo]

Employ the Recipe, first.
Very Good idea, that. This is a you or them situation - do what you gotta.

For the future, get traps and a rifle. Traps should be kept set until they arent attracting the coyotes any longer.

As for the rifle, get one in .357 Mag to match the revolver hubby has. Shoot 125 gr JHP's in it. Wicked coyote medicine out to 100 yards.

Coyotes wont stand around for you, as they are leery of human contact. Unless you're good, they'll see you before you see them. But where there are a few, there are more. So you have to be devious with traps and shoot from a distance.

 

[archerobx]

I like hunting and trapping coyotes so I say do both.

For imediate results, hunt them. Do not know if you have neighbbors or what not or if you can shoot them were your coop is. use a red or amber light, doesnt spook them but reflects there eyes and you still can properly identify your target.

cable restraints or foothold traps are great because you dont have to be there.

 

[Davaroo]

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Lights? That reminds me to mention that they are predominantly nocturnal. They can be called in at dusk and dawn and sometimes during the day, too, if they are accustomed to moving then. But night time is usually the right time.
All of which implies a rather active role on your part. Calling coyotes isn't a simple thing for the beginner.

Traps are probably best for most "non-hunting" types, with the occasional well-planned or spur-of-the-moment shot from a distance.

 

[aupoet]

I feel for you and know where you're coming from. I agree a gun, traps, or poison used safely are probably your best bets. But I have to say that over here in the southeast, where coyote numbers have only risen in the last 20 years or so, they have actually have done me a favor. I use to have problems constantly with possums, coons, and foxes, but since the coyote population has gone up, they are no more. I haven't lost a chicken to a possum or coon in several years and the coyotes come all over our property. They have never tried to get to my chicken. Yes that has surprised me too and I am keeping my fingers crossed. My poultry yard is fenced in with six ft. chain link but it would be easy for a coyote to go over or under it. The one thing I can think of that might be keeping them at bay is the fact that my hen house looks like a house. It is a vinyl clad 10 ft. by 12 ft. framed building. Maybe the coyotes think it is a house and won't go around it for the fear that people are in it.

 

[Davaroo]

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However, Ive yet to meet the chicken that smells like a human, to a coyote. You might want to look into some electric fencing, for the future. The habitat changed once, when the coyote's moved in. It can happen again, and this time the 'yotes might start to take an interest in the chickens.

 

[rooster-red]

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It does work, Yes I know from personal experience.

My SIL and her family live about 120 yards away from us, have had several coyote attack, had one kill one of her cats last night, but they won't come close to my runs because I've scent marked them.

 

[djmooney]

if theirs coyotes one night and theres any chickens left they will be back. i would sit out thier. they are so afraid of human here in Maine (maybe because me and alot of other people hunt them) the should be scared for a while. if the keep coming i would "put the lead to em"

 

[Davaroo]

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It does work, Yes I know from personal experience.

My SIL and her family live about 120 yards away from us, have had several coyote attack, had one kill one of her cats last night, but they won't come close to my runs because I've scent marked them.

Ive heard of the peeing thing, too. Needs to be refreshed often.
Another old trick is to spray a 50:50 mix of kerosene and tar around the perimeter of of your property.
These things intended, of course, toplay to the coyotes excellent smell and so deter it. When that doesnt work, its back to the electric fences, poison, trap and gun.

Multi layered zone defense, I guess you'd say.