Today I just had another attack on my chickens. It's been two months since I've witness a coyote attacking a chicken and Yesterday it happen again. A coyote mauled a red cochin bantam hen in front of the hen house and I seen it carry off a black hen in it's mouth going across the road running. This really upsets me to the point where I don't know what to do anymore. It's been two months since my chickens were free ranged and I didn't have this problem til now. What should I do? I hate and I mean hate keeping my chickens cooped up but I believe I don't have a choice right now. Please any solutions would help right now. I feel so helpless and I care for my birds. This coyote is going to be another problem yet again I wish and I hate saying this but I wish there would be more trappers I don't have problems with dogs but just coyotes. My dogs are so dumb I'm really thinking about just giving up on them it's been five times now that they just watched a coyote come up to the hen house and not bark or at least attempt to chase it away. I'm really rethinking about getting different guard dogs and these two dogs are huge strays that I kept and saved but they are just not working for me I don't want to see them leave but I can't seem to get over the fact they don't even chase the coyotes away. They chase dogs and bark at the horses but won't chase coyotes it's very upsetting. I might just have to give them up and agree with some of the people who have respond earlier about getting rid of the dogs if they are just going to watch a coyote steal chickens. So please info and help would be helpful. Be brutally honest I don't mind. -Lance Baker Arizona