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[Nomadicus]

Hello and welcome to BYC. Glad to have you here with us.

 

[Tookie]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[BDutch]

and thanks for your great introduction.

If there are too many predators active during the day, I suppose the only way to prevent so much predation is to build a solid run (cage) and keep the chickens inside part of the day. It’s safer to let them free range if someone is outside.

 

[N F C]

Hello, thanks for joining us!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! The goats can help with predators, but even better would be if you could find a dog that would chase off the riff-raff. We also use solar motion lights to make our barren areas light up when a cat/dog/or varment walks by.

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Welcome to BYC @imr122451

 

[imr122451]

and thanks for your great introduction.

If there are too many predators active during the day, I suppose the only way to prevent so much predation is to build a solid run (cage) and keep the chickens inside part of the day. It’s safer to let them free range if someone is outside.

Thank you for your advice. I admit that ALL the attacks were when no one was home. I have been looking for a Pyrenees puppy but haven't found one locally and as I get older I just don't like to travel to far from home. Thank you again.

 

[triciayoung]

Welcome. I decided to hardware cloth sides with an apron a very large run area, hard-cover ceiling 1/2 of it and hawk net the other 1/2 of it because frankly, I have to be somewhat functional to work for a few more years and losses from illness wipe me out for several months. My chickens are my family members.