who else hates coyote's?

[Buff Hooligans]

Chicken people have to be smarter than the predators. That means using stronger materials and brainpower to keep the predators and chickens separate. Easy food is too much of a temptation. If you leave a cheeseburger out on my desk, it's gone! Same with predators and tasty chicken snacks that are easy to get to.

 

[jenichick]

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AH HA! Now we know who the cheesburgler REALLY is!!!!

 

[paganfish]

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...so, that's what happened to my cheeseburger!

This is exactly what I was referring to. You have to assume the worse and take no shortcuts when keeping your critters safe, because thet one thing you overlook...guess what? :|

 

[Galaxie_Man]

My flock has been living outside in the coop since August. No wild predators have gotten them, nor left any signs of an attempt. My coop is built solidly, like a house, and the doors are closed with the chickens inside every night. The outdoor pen is a combination of chicken wire and hardware cloth, and it is all located inside my fenced in yard where my dogs "go", and there is plenty of dog scent to keep away the predators. The only predator that may someday give me grief is a large weasel like critter called a Fishercat. That beast I will shoot on sight, because he could take on my dogs, injuring the big ones and easily killing my poodle.

.30-.30 locked and loaded!

MMMMMMMMMMMM! Cheesburger.........

 

[Mountain Man Jim]

Actually, I find it incredibly and thrilling to see the coyotes walking past by yard. Sorry, it's a beautiful peek at the natural world that I don't get to see everyday. I can afford this luxury because the coyotes are kept on the other side of the fence by the dogs. If my situation was different, I might be a little more concerned.

As for the issue of what actually got into the coop, I like the idea of finding some tracks. It might be hard to find at the coop, but they are probably using a particular point to enter your property. Maybe you can take a digital picture of track and post it. It is not a trivial task to tell the difference between a coyote and a domestic dog track. I have a great tracking book that has excellent examples of both. If you are interested I can maybe scan some of the images.

Jim

 

[foxtrapper]

Like others have said, sounds much more like a dog. Coyotes do not hunt like that.

Don't hate coyotes myself. Don't like to hate period.

 

[gritsar]

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Amen. Kinda leaves you feeling all drained inside doesn't it?

 

[LisaJean]

Look at this coyote.

Hard to hate this one.

To read about "Charlie" go to this blog and read it from the bottom.
http://dailycoyote.blogspot.com/

 

[paganfish]

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OMG! How cool. I know they grow to be big mean chicken eaters if given half the chance but...gosh, are the beautiful animals! I like to watch the 3 juveniles that come up the road here. They are roguish but they keep their distance.

 

[gritsar]

LisaJean, thank you very much for that link. How awesome Charlie is! I showed the webpage to my tough as nails, redneck, gonna shoot all the d**n coyotes in the world SO and he sat here at my computer for half an hour going awwww, oh look! how cute!
Pedro, I've got you beat!

My SO works sometimes till 3 -4 o'clock in the morning. About two weeks ago when he pulled into the driveway the c'yotes were yodeling like crazy, so we snuck up to the lane and shone his maglite at em. We counted 13 pairs of eyes.