Success (or not) with predator deterrent lights?

[chicknmania]

That is true, if you trap it, you should kill it, not re-locate it..as it is hard on a critter to adjust to a new environment, and they oftentimes die anyway. It is actually illegal to do that with raccoons, at least in our State. Although, we've trapped raccoons, which are then badly scared, released them back on to our own property, and they've never bothered our chickens again. We haven't had to trap anything for a long time though....for above stated reasons. It is not that difficult to deter predators in most cases. Lots of people view them as "enemies" or "pests"...because they think they don't have the time, patience, energy or means to deal with wild animals any other way. it's springtime, and these animals have babies. How about showing a little mercy and compassion for everything involved.

Also, as it's been stated before...can we please keep to the original topic. Thank you.

 

[aart]

Also, as it's been stated before...can we please keep to the original topic. Thank you.

Sticking to the topic is rare occurrence...
.....and dealing with predators is part of the topic.

But the 'predator eyes'...I don't buy it, literally, I would not spend my money on such a thing. Have seen several videos of predators caught on camera with those things flashing in the near background, one where it got into the run anyway and had breakfast when the automatic coop door opened at dawn. It might keep them at bay for a couple days, but they are smarter than that and soon figure out that it's nothing to be afraid of.
Kind of like those fake owls.

 

[thistlewick]

This is a resurrection and sorry about that but...

The owls are to keep songbirds away from pooping on a porch or deck LOL not to keep birds of prey away.

The red eye predator lights work. We use them on our outdoor brooder. The first night my chicks were out there (before they even learned to go into the coop (where I close the door)) a raccoon came by and eyeballed it. Was about 10 feet away and paused, as the red eye deterrent flashed at him. He thought the better of it, despite the "easy meal" sitting right there and beat cheeks away.

I have 11 cameras around my property and I have not seen that raccoon in the 4 weeks since. In fact, it's quieter around my house than it has EVER BEEN since those deterrent lights flash all night. We have one on each end of the little coop. Typically I wake up to notifications of some animal or another waltzing through the property but the lights even are keeping the deer away. Now I wake up to 0 notifications.

They are a godsend.

When the babies are grown up enough to go out to their big coop, we will install them there and keep cameras up and I can give more details to success/failure out there beyond the boundaries of being closer to the house.