That's really scary. The most chicken predators I've seen at once we're 3 raccoons, heading down the street toward my house. I haven't lost one to one of them yet!
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That's really scary. The most chicken predators I've seen at once we're 3 raccoons, heading down the street toward my house. I haven't lost one to one of them yet!
My neighbors lost severla sheep to coyotes, they now have 2 maremma's a border collie and what looks like a chesapeke bay retriever. No more coyotes
I have seen them in my barn though. My chickens too are locked away at night.
We heard the coyotes in December when we moved here, but haven't all Spring and Summer. Now they are back, it sounds like a large group and they are in our pasture. The horses don't seem freaked by them, and the chickens are locked up. This will sound awful, but I'm guessing the feral cat population is keeping them fed.
Yep. I was really worried about my cat last night. She usually meets me at my truck when I get home from work, and she didn't last night. I was sure they got her. But I guess she was just freaked out and in hiding somewhere, because she's fine.
Please post pictures of your coop!
That is true. We have a lot of coyotes around here and NO extra cats anymore. There used to be quite a few semi-wild cats around, also hardly any Jack rabbits! I get nervous for our 2 kitties, they come in at night, but sometimes the coyotes are around during the day
My chickens are locked up at night but I have been so peeved at my 2 little ducks lately. They have been staying out after dark and we have to go catch them and carry them into the coop!! Bad ducks!!We can hear the coyotes almost every night. You can get them singing by howling to them. It can be pretty eerie. Our property is on the side of a mountain, rural, with lots of tree-filled canyons between the fields and small farms. It's about perfect coyote habitat. I gather some of the neighbors also sometimes see big cats (bobcat? mountain lion? whatever is indigenous around here ...). And the hawks ... oh my the hawks. Owls. Bats. Neighbors dogs. Deer that eats the farm stuff but not chickens (so far). I'm just glad we don't have bear or rattlesnakes.
I feel pretty okay about the chickens -- their coop where they sleep is about as secure as one could expect and they have a fenced pasture that is secure-ish to play in during the day. I'm not that worried about the turkeys because they also have a pen at night and are on "limited time" anyway. But the ducks are escape artists ... they do let us put them to bed and do sleep in their pool which is in their pen, but they get out of their pen very early in the morning and that's when I used to see the coyotes out roaming around looking hungry (and anyway if the ducks can get out of their pen, then pretty much anything could get in). I think the ducks are even more defenseless than the chickens because they can't run very fast, can't fly very well, and can't even hop up into a tree to escape an attack. We need to button up the duck habitat.
I haven't seen any coyotes close to the house/coops since we got a dog. He isn't a guard dog (he's actually a bird dog!), but he does mark his territory in some conspicuous ways and so far that has helped keep the wildlife away.
I feel pretty okay about the chickens -- their coop where they sleep is about as secure as one could expect and they have a fenced pasture that is secure-ish to play in during the day. I'm not that worried about the turkeys because they also have a pen at night and are on "limited time" anyway. But the ducks are escape artists ... they do let us put them to bed and do sleep in their pool which is in their pen, but they get out of their pen very early in the morning and that's when I used to see the coyotes out roaming around looking hungry (and anyway if the ducks can get out of their pen, then pretty much anything could get in). I think the ducks are even more defenseless than the chickens because they can't run very fast, can't fly very well, and can't even hop up into a tree to escape an attack. We need to button up the duck habitat.
I haven't seen any coyotes close to the house/coops since we got a dog. He isn't a guard dog (he's actually a bird dog!), but he does mark his territory in some conspicuous ways and so far that has helped keep the wildlife away.
Well not to freak ya out but if you have bobcat and cougar you most likely also have bears. Keep in mind that while bear are omnivore they really aren't much of a predator. Unless like me you have bee hives then look out!!!
Why don't you just post your questions, and we can all offer experience / advice. I often have neither time nor patience, but I'll try my best.
Well that's just it I have lol and it gets lost in the archieve of the o mysterious Oregon thread never to be found or seen again
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