Preditors killing my chickens

[CanadaEh]

preditors attacking my chickens during the night besides make my cage preditor proof(meaning totally closed)
Is there anything i can put to chase them away

electric fencing. Once shocked, the predator will not get even close to your chickens instead of keep testing how to get in.

 

[50-45-1]

Again, why is "Chickens best friend 2" asking a question and then "Egg King" answering?
I'm confused...

 

[mowin]

Again, why is "Chickens best friend 2" asking a question and then "Egg King" answering?
I'm confused...

As am I. I noticed that earlier, but figured Egg king responded to the wrong thread.

 

[The Moonshiner]

One person with two accounts and forgot which account they were on.

 

[mowin]

One person with two accounts and forgot which account they were on.

The OP's account was started yesterday. Makes sense.

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

One person with two accounts and forgot which account they were on.

Probably forgot a password lol or maybe same house hold husband and wife idk anything's possibly o forget my password all the time

 

[The Moonshiner]

Lots of members here have more then one account they use.

 

[bobbi-j]

Pictures of your setup would be helpful, as would a general idea of where you live and what are some of the common predators in your area. The short simple answer is, if you don’t want your chickens killed at night, make sure they are in an enclosed coop.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yep, if you don't make it predator proof, you WILL lose chickens.

Common night predators are foxes, raccoons, weasel family. But don't count on the "night" part, coons and foxes can be out during the day as well. I had a fox come into my fenced area (better fenced now!!!) just as I was coming out of the barn about 3 PM in the summer. If I hadn't been coming out just then I would have lost a hen. Those foxes are FAST!

And I found a coon going into the coop in the barn about the same time of day a different time. That one got a free one way trip to the woods, it had already gotten into the barn (I think through a woodchuck tunnel) the night before and killed a hen it tried to kill the night before. That hen had been missing for a week or more, turned out she was broody (non fertile eggs) outside of the fenced area back when we let them range. Heard her screaming at 3 AM, ran out, coon was up the tree. I stupidly put the hen in a not quite predator proof stall since I didn't want her to go do a broody sleep in the nest boxes in the coop. BIG MISTAKE.

 

[Egg king]

The first and best nighttime protection is a secure tightly closed coop. Why are you unable to work towards that?
Second, when you hear chickens in distress, go now!! Dont wait until morning to go look.
identify first what kind of preditor would are dealing with. But with an open coop, its like an open invite to every preditor in your area.
What is your area by the way? USA?
How about a guardian dog?

I do have a secure coop which i just built recently
By the way i do not live in usa i live in south africa
I did order an automatic coop opener
Im just waiting for a delivery