Ran off a fox!

[RodNTN]

You can buy coyote or urine and deter the fox:
https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalo...e-Repels-Rats-Raccoons-Skunks-More-p1356.aspx

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well, I guess if it gets close enough to shoot with my pistol I could just claim self defense. lol (I didn't say that!).

You should be able to defend your livestock.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Around 500 right now.
Probably 300 Or so free range and the other 200 in breeding pens or grow out pens.

Oh and I have about 150 chicks in the garage and 96 eggs hatching today and tomorrow.

That's a lot of birds. Not that it's my business but are you raising that many birds for s specific reason? Meat? Different breeds? I'm curious.

 

[roosterhavoc]

You can buy coyote or urine and deter the fox:
https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalo...e-Repels-Rats-Raccoons-Skunks-More-p1356.aspx

Good idea! Then you might bring in a coyote but you won't have to worry about the fox anymore. Don't forget to buy plenty. You'll have to reapply the urine after heavy rains.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Good idea! Then you might bring in a coyote but you won't have to worry about the fox anymore. Don't forget to buy plenty. You'll have to reapply the urine after heavy rains.

your saying that the light and radio doseant work.Ok, well sorry bit

my run.isnt very secure(itbwill be soon)I have left chickens all day long till dark, with a radio blaring
Never had a attack while I was gone

 

[RodNTN]

You can also buy wolf urine, it deters coyotes and foxes.

 

[roosterhavoc]

You can also buy wolf urine, it deters coyotes and foxes.

You can also just use human urine. If will "deter" all of them.

 

[roosterhavoc]

You can also just use human urine. If will "deter" all of them.

I recommend setting up an electric fence and then urinating directly onto the fence. That'll fix em

 

[The Moonshiner]

I don't do any meat birds.
Right now I like leghorns and I'm interested in different varieties. I have quite a few varieties and I'm working on crossing different ones to see what other varieties I can come up with. Just a personal breeding thing. I end up with a lot of birds I can't use or just need for one generation so I end up with quite a lot of birds just messing with them.
My family has favorite breeds so some different breeds for them. And then a lot of culls and just odds and ends that's just kinda a pet and\or laying flock kinda deal.
I hatch a lot and sell chicks from the layers or my project culls at auctions to cover feed and costs when I can so I can increase a few hundred birds every couple weeks and turn around and sell just as many another week so hard to keep track of any kind of head count.

 

[barred2rock]

You should be able to defend your livestock.

We are not allowed "livestock", only "pets". You can have as many chickens you want (supposing you have the facilities to care for them), but they are classified as pets. Down in the flats (less than a mile away), you can have all the livestock you want.