Oregon

[Rachel'sFlock]

24 hours past the attack, all 20 chickens and chicks are in their pen, and don't seem to be able to escape (knocking wood).
Edna seems to be feeling hungry, but quiet. I'm sure she is very sore after her harrowing experience. Otherwise she is alert and pretty much fine.
The coyote has not been spotted, today, but the .22 is loaded and we are uber-aware. I have windows open on both sides of the house, so I can hear what everyone is doing from here.
The coop is secure at night, so once they were in I was able to finally take the first deep breath of the day.
I was emotionally exhausted after the day's events, and I slept well, tho, with the bedroom window wide open to the coop yard. I have had it open at night since the chicks came. The coop is just a few steps from my bedroom window, so I can be out there, in a flash, if there is trouble at night. Both husband and dog are very light sleepers.

I can't believe how many folks have reported their own coyote tales here, and my heart goes out to them all. My hen came home, I know a lot of the victims did not.
Be vigilent...there are monsters out there!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Here's an idea for the coyotes and if your some what close maybe I cab help I love to hunt and hate coyotes there will be a fee but no totes anymore I'm sound some research to fifurebout rules and regulations and seeing what I have to do to be able to hunt them cause there are a lot in beavercreek so if anyone's interested let me kno

In Beavercreek, all you need is a hunting license to hunt coyotes. We're locked and loaded here, waiting for them to come back...my DH is a big coyote hunter too, in fact, has a gun all set up specifically for 'yotes.

 

[Chicken Tamer]

I have seen coyotes around here in canby the size of a full size shepard. Can't believe they are so big, I have seen wolves in central oregon that are the same size.

Well you live closer to town out where I live we have them

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

24 hours past the attack, all 20 chickens and chicks are in their pen, and don't seem to be able to escape (knocking wood).
Edna seems to be feeling hungry, but quiet. I'm sure she is very sore after her harrowing experience. Otherwise she is alert and pretty much fine.
The coyote has not been spotted, today, but the .22 is loaded and we are uber-aware. I have windows open on both sides of the house, so I can hear what everyone is doing from here.
The coop is secure at night, so once they were in I was able to finally take the first deep breath of the day.
I was emotionally exhausted after the day's events, and I slept well, tho, with the bedroom window wide open to the coop yard. I have had it open at night since the chicks came. The coop is just a few steps from my bedroom window, so I can be out there, in a flash, if there is trouble at night. Both husband and dog are very light sleepers.

I can't believe how many folks have reported their own coyote tales here, and my heart goes out to them all. My hen came home, I know a lot of the victims did not.
Be vigilent...there are monsters out there!

Glad she's OK...how bad are her wounds? Do you have her on antibiotics?

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

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Bobcat/mountain lion sightings are rare these days ... I gather there is one that bothers the more congested backyard chickens/goats/housecats on the next mountain range to the east. Here the predators have more room to hide because we're just slightly more rural and hilly. No bear sightings in this immediate area that I can ever recall. Not even bear tracks. I'll ask Dad what's the history on that. I know they get them in the west hills of Portland, so why not here a few miles south and less developed? The family has been here for 100 years, and I believe big cats used to be a LOT more common. All those predators, though, have never been the problem that coyotes are. We had to stop raising sheep because coyotes were so brutal to our flock. Very sad.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: Sightings might be down, but populations are up since OR outlawed hunting with dogs...

 

[DeannaOR]

Sightings might be down, but populations are up since OR outlawed hunting with dogs...

I ended up doing quite a bit of fostering and re-homing of Black Mouth Curs when they did this.
The Coyotes don't bother me, it's nature and we are encroaching on it. I know that is not a popular opinion..but it's mine. They freak me out a little bit and I don't leave my cat out at night, but when I have run into them, they run and avoid me. I used to see two Cougars frequently way out off Redland Road, above Beaver Lake on Sam McGee. Now that scared me! I never left my horses out at night there.

 

[PNWGirl]

I ended up doing quite a bit of fostering and re-homing of Black Mouth Curs when they did this.
The Coyotes don't bother me, it's nature and we are encroaching on it. I know that is not a popular opinion..but it's mine. They freak me out a little bit and I don't leave my cat out at night, but when I have run into them, they run and avoid me. I used to see two Cougars frequently way out off Redland Road, above Beaver Lake on Sam McGee. Now that scared me! I never left my horses out at night there.

Actually it is a fact-- human population has, in some area's, extensively encroached on wild habitats.

I have noticed, during extreme droughts or extreme winter's that we (people) have more encounters with wildlife moving into (sometimes far into) human population centers.

Twice, that I remember, there have been cougars at the Vancouver Mall and they have had to catch them and move them out into the mountains, to release them. That is pretty far into a populated area!!

Sheila

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Yeah ... personally I'm not afraid of coyotes and I like listening to them. It's more of a livestock issue ... good to be aware of the situation.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Sightings might be down, but populations are up since OR outlawed hunting with dogs...
Same in WA and then when there is a problem the same (B<3) people who voted to ban are the first to cry for help HELLOOOO FOOLS !!!!