I have the “night guards” which I think help and we live in the mountains where coyotes are plentiful. We transfer our ducks to a enclosed shed tho. Our turkeys stay out in run that isn’t very secure but nothing has broke through it’s been a year. We have security motion lights. Two dogs that we let out a lot I’m sure they mark territory or something. Two cats that once in a while stay out overnight. We have a neighbor who I talked to once we moved up in the mountains that had ducks and turkeys outside just like us I asked her if she had predators get anything because there’s coyotes, bob cats, raccoons, fishers, Fox all around here. Well she said she’d never had anything get her birds ever. She said she believe it’s beacuse she has 30 - yes not a typo 30 outdoor cats. Lol just an idea.
I would personally rather not use the night guards. I haven't read many good reviews on them personally... I suppose that I'd have to herd my quail into a coop every night, but I'm not so keen on the idea, honestly!
Oh dear, I'm much to tight on space to have 30 outdoor cats, HAHA! And, the coyotes would eat'em right up.
There are a couple solutions to your problem:
- If a chicken dies, hang it from a hot wire (enough to give you a shock when you touch the chicken) at about the height of a coyote's nose, when he's just trotting around. This will sort of train them to not want to touch a chicken.
- Get a few guineas. They will squawk very loudly when something out of the ordinary even thinks about coming near them.
- The way I like to deal with coyotes is just to shoot them whenever I can see them. You can also sell their hides for maybe around $60 where I live.
- Use heavy-duty welded wire fencing (most commonly used for sheep) on the outside and a chicken wire fence on the inside.
- 5-6 ft. high chain-link fencing works very well, but is pretty expensive for a new one.
- Trapping coyotes is also a good technique if you have the time to check the traps frequently.
I hope some of these suggestions helped.
No electric fencing here.
I'd get a big fine and I don't want it on my record.
I have close neighbors, so no guineas. It's why I'm raising quail -- possibly the most quiet livestock ever, haha.
I don't trust myself with any firearm. I have horrible aim, misplace things nearly all the time, and am a general clutz. Nope. I also live in an area where the selling of animal hides would cause a riot, LOL!
I don't know if I can invest so much money into those fences right now, but we'll have to see.
Trapping animals are a bit of a risk here. There's just a lot of regulations here. o-o
Well if u can I'd look into llamas or dogs I've seen both alert for and attack coyote llamas of course will require a little study on care and handling hope this is a help also yucca is a very good border plant no idea about what ur climates like yucca grows well in Florida lol
A dog would bark all night and my neighbors would complain. I don't have any space for llamas, either. Yucca would not fare well in the winters here. :/
Wolves don't like coyotes. But seriously I have seen some chicken coop/tractor hybrids that look like they would work very well as long as they are otherwise secure--proper wire mesh, no holes that allow for entry and so forth. I have 2 or 3 chicken tractors left from the previous owner of our place and they are very sturdy.
I'm just worried that a coyote might tip a tractor over. I intend on having all sides covered in 1/4in hardware cloth, mind the floor, with a 16in skirt of 1/4in hardware cloth. I was planning on putting bricks on the skirt but I doubt that would deter a coyote(s) much.
i hit post too soon. As for hot wire who would know you were using it if a single strand or tape? There are also things called coyote rollers thT go on top of a six foot fence. It keeps them from using the top of the fence to pull themselves over. I've heard they work.
My next door neighbor has a solid hate for me and has a window that looks directly into my yard. Ugh. I just don't want to risk that he might call the authorities on me, ya know? It'd also be pretty obvious, I think, that I have an electric fence because of the energizer and battery required for the fence if anyone else saw. I also read that coyotes need at least 7 strands for an electric fence to be effective. The cost of an energizer and battery for just one strand in the hopes of not getting caught but then not being effective wouldn't be worth it.
I don't know if I can install a six foot fence right now... Maybe in the future, so that's something I can't rely on.
No electric fencing??? That's too bad. You said your dirt doesn't allow for buried wire. Does that mean it's hard? If that's the deal then you don't have much to fear with digging. You can apron some wire on top too, no need to dig. 
