Saw the "bobcat" again...

[GC-Raptor]

Here's a pic of one I caught on camera during the day.

It's been around nightly several times a month.

It took a chicken while free ranging June 2020 mid afternoon.
I don't kill predators that take a chicken while free ranging.
I expect loses and replace with chicks every year or 2. GC

 

[McChooky]

It was long, lean and very muscular. Estimating from my short glimpse I would say it was about two feet high. Not sure how long it was..

When we caught the bobcat that killed our birds years ago. At first I thought it was a Florida cougar or panther. I didn't notice the spots either. I'm pretty sure this is the same cat I have been seeing on my cameras recently. I put electric wires around my coops and pens, good heavy duty netting covering my pens and concrete under the gates. I don't free range anymore due to losses from predators in the past but the birds have nice large pens. I think the cat knows the electric wires are there. Good luck...
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This is the one that killed 14 of my birds one night. It made the mistake of coming back.
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Was reading this thread when my dogs started barking and found the chickens cutting a shine.One of them just laid their first egg..

 

[McChooky]

Here's a pic of one I caught on camera during the day. View attachment 2813192
It's been around nightly several times a month.View attachment 2813193
It took a chicken while free ranging June 2020 mid afternoon.
I don't kill predators that take a chicken while free ranging.
I expect loses and replace with chicks every year or 2. GC

I admire your positivity and great attitude.You have a healthy respect for wildlife.

 

[SusannasMom]

@josephdad

 

[josephdad]

thanks for the mention @SusannasMom!
your so kind

 

[Quaen]

I have seen a bobcat twice. Once creeping on my chickens and once roaming near the chicken pen. After I started patroling and bringing the dogs on walks, they would mark all over the property, and I have never seen it since. I do not believe in killing predators...its cruel IMO. Its like a trap with the chickens being the bait.

 

[McChooky]

I have seen a bobcat twice. Once creeping on my chickens and once roaming near the chicken pen. After I started patroling and bringing the dogs on walks, they would mark all over the property, and I have never seen it since. I do not believe in killing predators...its cruel IMO. Its like a trap with the chickens being the bait.

A good coop and run is usually all it takes. I've never had to kill predators because I've gone to great lengths to protect my chickens. I've never lost a chicken to one but there's always a first as they say. We have long tailed weasels around here and they're hard to keep out.

 

[cmom]

I will eliminate if it continues to kill. I have lost a bird here and there but when I loose multiple birds the predator will keep coming back. I don't make a habit of killing predators. I do have electric wires around my coops and pens and nothing messes with the very hot wires. A predator will know that whatever is on the other side of the hot wires that it's not worth getting zapped for.

 

[McChooky]

Some predators fly and some walk on 2 legs .They're worse than any of the 4 legged kinds

 

[McChooky]

I will eliminate if it continues to kill. I have lost a bird here and there but when I loose multiple birds the predator will keep coming back. I don't make a habit of killing predators. I do have electric wires around my coops and pens and nothing messes with the very hot wires. A predator will know that whatever is on the other side of the hot wires that it's not worth getting zapped for.

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