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[roosterhavoc]

Oh I just lost 67 birds.
Uh huh that helps. Lemme get my game cam out.

 

[B123]

Lol wasn’t meant for you. It’s everyone else that recommends keeping a secure coop, wants to take pictures but refuses catch the culprits. Have a look around and you’ll see. I can’t post anywhere else without someone telling on me.

No, I just didn't want SOHC to think I was being critical... It is expensive to build secure pens or put up a fence. If there is a less expensive way that works just as well, I am all for that.

 

[B123]

Oh I just lost 67 birds.
Uh huh that helps. Lemme get my game cam out.

Did your fencer stop working.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I ain’t no snitch.

 

[B123]

My biggest problem is hawks. I have contemplated netting a run area, but just can bring myself to do that yet.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

My biggest problem is hawks. I have contemplated netting a run area, but just can bring myself to do that yet.

Do you have bushes or other forms of cover for your birds?

 

[B123]

Some like to play doctor and fix up birds. I’d rather prevent it in the first place. The rest make 100 excuses why they can’t catch whatever it is. It’s getting crazy lately. Then we have half a dozen blow hards shooting their mouths off about stuff they know nothing about.

I haven't figured out how to reattach a head that has been eaten off...

 

[SOHC-FTW]

I found three of my kelso dead that's when I went to war. That hardware cloth is ran up 24inches the common issue I seen was eventually the bird stuck their head out not snatched off the the roost so it should help in that way as well. This was mainly to keep biddies in till they grow a bit that was the main thing.

I'm getting stuff for an electric fence in order I also have a lot to put up around brood pens all in due time, but I'll continue to trap even with all of the above because shit happens and that can make or break when it does happen.

 

[B123]

Do you have bushes or other forms of cover for your birds?

Yes, lots! The hawks will even get on the ground and kill them in the briars!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Yes, lots! The hawks will even get on the ground and kill them in the briars!

That’s crazy! Where I live there are a few resident pairs of crows that chase off the hawks. Maybe if you attracted crows to your property and encouraged them to nest they would be a natural deterrent to the hawks.