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[grandma7]

redesign of the catch all under roosting bars. It was a 4" one by. which has worked wonderful up until the egg laying starting. To much scratchins going on inside coop. Mixing pine chips with pdz. Makes for a 20 min clean up instead of 5 (so as not to waste pine chips.
Installing 6" one by framing instead. Should help to keep the pine chip slinging down to a minimum.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Simple and Efficient

 

[TalkALittle]

Wait really? That's so interesting, never knew we had them here haha maybe they're in certain parts of the state? Or just hide like you said. We do have skunks though and people say fisher cats but I've never seen one. I'd like to set up a game cam but all the good ones are so expensive

I'm in Massachusetts too. Unless you live on Nantucket, you can have fishers, mink, and both long and short tailed weasels. All species are found state-wide. I believe the short tailed are the most abundant.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

I'm in Massachusetts too. Unless you live on Nantucket, you can have fishers, mink, and both long and short tailed weasels. All species are found state-wide. I believe the short tailed are the most abundant.

I live in East Texas. We have hawks, owls, raccoons, and possums. I knew someone whose entire chicken population was wiped out by a possum.

 

[ShrekDawg]

we have them in the desert... as well.    Even Racoons as much as we associate them with water.    Though Here I have found no evidence of weaseles. 

There is desert fox, coyote, bobcat, mountain lion, They have reintrocuced bears ...  long extinct...    of course there are all the flying predators.... I prefer not to kill.  I prefer to have birds that are wily and good instincts.... for free ranging...  and the ones that are not... will never get out of the yard.

deb

Wow, you have a lot! We have (that I know of) red tailed hawks, fox (I think red but there used to be a silver one. There's only one family though that I've seen), coyotes, garter snakes, skunks, raccoons (never seen one but dad says we have them), and then deer, turkeys, grey squirrels (and in certain parts of the state the red ones), chipmunks, rabbits, and tons of birds, like song birds, chickadees, cardinals, finches or sparrows i think, blue birds and blue jays, etc. And hummingbirds, crows or ravens. And.our area especially is like the animal congregation cause we're one of few wooded and open spots left lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is why I dont have chickens now....  I lost everything about four years ago to Coyote attack...  catastrauphic failure on my part.  Then I lost my goats to mountain lion. 

No my chicken coop will be made of 12.5 gauge aviary wire....  spaced 1/2 x 3 inches. 

Anything that can get through that will be edible....

So sorry about that.

That's good its better secured now though.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'm in Massachusetts too. Unless you live on Nantucket, you can have fishers, mink, and both long and short tailed weasels. All species are found state-wide. I believe the short tailed are the most abundant.

I live in East Texas.  We have hawks, owls, raccoons, and possums.  I knew someone whose entire chicken population was wiped out by a possum.

This is so fascinating. Never knew we could have them. I know people have seen fishers right in town and.my mom saw one on the capw but i never have. We're on the south shore so between cape and boston

Oh and RC, that reminds me, we have owls and opossum (or possums? ) here too

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh and mice, voles, moles,etc

 

[bruceha2000]

Wow, you have a lot! We have (that I know of) red tailed hawks, fox (I think red but there used to be a silver one. There's only one family though that I've seen), coyotes, garter snakes, skunks, raccoons (never seen one but dad says we have them), and then deer, turkeys, grey squirrels (and in certain parts of the state the red ones), chipmunks, rabbits, and tons of birds, like song birds, chickadees, cardinals, finches or sparrows i think, blue birds and blue jays, etc. And hummingbirds, crows or ravens. And.our area especially is like the animal congregation cause we're one of few wooded and open spots left lol

You only have one family of foxes because they are territorial. If one moves out (by choice or not) another will takes its place. That is true of a lot of animals. And you never know what is on your property when you aren't looking. I've seen turkeys in the fields up the road, even had to wait one day while driving up the road for about 10 of them to leisurely cross, the Tom last, and occasionally in our field up at the edge of the woods. But 2 years ago we had to have a lot of work done on the house and the contractor showed me a picture he took of his youngish dog looking at a large turkey just a couple of feet away. They were not 10' from the back of the house.

 

[Sylvester017]

Wow, you have a lot! We have (that I know of) red tailed hawks, fox (I think red but there used to be a silver one. There's only one family though that I've seen), coyotes, garter snakes, skunks, raccoons (never seen one but dad says we have them), and then deer, turkeys, grey squirrels (and in certain parts of the state the red ones), chipmunks, rabbits, and tons of birds, like song birds, chickadees, cardinals, finches or sparrows i think, blue birds and blue jays, etc. And hummingbirds, crows or ravens. And.our area especially is like the animal congregation cause we're one of few wooded and open spots left lol

You never know you have predators until you get chickens. I never knew we had Hawks, Raccoons and Oppossums in our city neighborhood but these critters adapt easily and in fact fluorish in city garbage bins behind stores. I saw a Raccoon the size of a small goat coming out of our neighborhood street drain at 2 a.m. We see the huge Raccoons late afternoons on the golf courses. I'm happy to see Coon and Possum roadkill on the streets because that means a half-dozen less new kits next year! There are some open spaces in rural areas that have to deal with Wild Pigs and I'm glad not to have to face them!