coyotes

  1. E

    Will foxes and other predators dig under my electric fence?

    Hello, I want to get a premier one electric fence to do rotational grazing for my chickens, ducks and geese. I have many foxes in my area, but they leave my permanent run alone because it's electrified, has a predator apron and motion detector lights. Will foxes dig under a movable electric...
  2. BookThief

    Unknown Predator

    Sorry it's long. If you don't want to read, here's the very short version: 1 chicken dead with no known cause, 1 missing. Some of the live chickens and ducks have saliva on them but no injuries or broken bones. What happened? The full version: Last night, my fiance woke me up at 4:30am and...
    • BookThief
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    • animal attack blood canine coyotes dogs feathers injuries predator unknown
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  3. Rranita

    Howdy from New Mexico!

    My hubby and I operate LeeFran Homestead in a tiny, 84-people village in central New Mexico. We've had chickens for several years (most are rescues), and they are actively protected with two pot-belly pigs. They absolutely love each other. We did have 94 hens and 7 roosters until last month...
  4. DuckMama9

    Protecting Pasture Chickens from Coyotes, Owls and Hawks

    I just started a new job at a local pasture raised chicken farm. Our mission at Alcove Farms is to sow, grow, and restore. We pasture raise cattle and about 3,000 organically fed laying hens on 160 acres. We sell our eggs at the local grocery stores and farmer’s markets. We have been having...
  5. filmcmahon

    Silkie vs coyote?

    hey everyone! my family and i have a flock of 6- three columbian rocks, 2 barred rocks, and a blue smooth silkie. we originally did have three silkies, but one was a rooster and bothered our neighbours- which sucks because he was a beautiful cuckoo smooth! anyways we lost our black frizzle to...
  6. Frogorf

    Coyotes took 10 birds in broad daylight

    You know how you get an uneasy feeling sometimes and you shrug it off? Well I had that feeling this afternoon while sitting at home. And ignored it. Now first off, my chooks don't live in town with me. They're actually at my place of business ( except for the young chicks ) outside my friends...
  7. R

    Backyard coyotes

    We lost two of our sweet pullets yesterday to neighborhood coyotes. We believe a coyote jumped our back chain link fence (the rest of the perimeter is a 6 ft tall wooden fence). I didn't think a coyote could jump a fence, but the feathers on the grass / coyote peeking in proved me wrong! We...
  8. duckienae

    Ovulation is a beautiful thing!

    For chickens, that is... My mom and I share a small flock of (currently 12) laying hens on her property in Poulsbo, Washington. We've been raising chickens for several years. Our girls have a small hen-house at the back of mom's old barn, with about 900 square feet of fenced-in hen yard...
  9. Western North Carolina

    Gauge and layering of wire for run in WNC?

    I'm about to build a run for my bantams. I keep reading horror stories, so have researched a lot about predator proofing. Where I live it is forested and there are hawks, weasels, minks, racoons, possums, bobcats, neighboring loose dogs, coyotes, and occasional bear. I have never seen a bear...
  10. Pela Phillips

    Duck Attack, No More Eggs, Molting?

    This is my first year raising ducks. I started out with four cayugas, 3 ducks and 1 drake. Last month we lost two to a coyote or neighborhood dogs. We found one dead and one had been carried away, we never found him. We had eggs for another three weeks, but we have had no eggs from the remaining...
    • Pela Phillips
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    • cayugas coyotes dogs hiding eggs laying problems molting raptors
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. BorregoMike

    Desert chickens

    I’m new to chickens but raised turkeys once in the past. I plan to get started this fall with chickens, 25 or so, but have a few questions. I will begin in october when temps are moderate and continue through our also moderate winter. 1. The location is SW desert, there is little point, I...
  12. PirateGirl

    Neighborhood coyotes, advice needed!

    We have neighborhood coyotes. I live on the edge of a small town. On one end of the street is a major highway. Houses are on small lots, neighbors relatively close. We have a school, grocery store, etc., but from end to end town isn't much more than a mile. On all sides are either ranches...
  13. Daedalus

    Duck died from unknown cause

    Hey, I was hoping someone could give me some insight. I lost a duck hen quite traumatically the other day. Somewhere between probably one and five o clock in the evening. I found her right next to my run with her neck completely torn up. Not a certain part of her neck but everywhere from the...
  14. C

    Rio Rancho NM Desert Chickens

    Hi, I moved here from California where I had a small flock of Bantams. Just found out Chickens are okay in Rio Rancho, NM yay! I have concerns about the heat, and cold. Trying to figure what kind of housing to build for new chickens. Do I need to buy heat/cold tolerant chickens? We get a...
  15. Mary's Backyard Chickens

    What ate my chickens??

    Help! I recently had 3 chickens killed and eaten. When I went outside, I saw only one of them laying there. It had no head, no feathers, no meat. All it had was rib bones and chicken legs laying there and a little blood. But, I want to know what type of animal most likely did that...
  16. IamRainey

    Terrifying night

    I woke up around 3am last night to the sound of coyotes howling. It was not the typical occasional solitary howl. It was a pack of at least 4 and possibly more. They kept up a constant din that sounded celebratory. And it was VERY close! Possibly at my backyard neighbor's (who just put up a...
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