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  1. jeepgrrl

    Electric fencing question

    Hi everyone, today I lost one of my favorite hens, Baby Blue, to what I think was a fox. My avatar pic is the one I lost, she was a Blue Cochin :rant😭 My chickens free range from dawn to dusk. We have a 5 ft no-climb (welded wire) fence. There was a pile of Blue's feathers on the other side of...
  2. BluebirdHomestead

    How to predator-proof this coop. Wwyd.

    Hi there. New around here. Just moved to a 1.5 acre lot that has an existing coop that I’d like to fix up. Wwyd to predator-proof this? I’m in Colorado near Longmont, raccoons, foxes, birds of prey, maybe even a wandering bear. The run just has normal chicken wire on it. Do I need to do a...
  3. CanadaEh

    protecting existing fence with hot electric wire from raccoon/mink

    We have raccoon frequenting chicken run at night in search for food scraps (the run doubles as a compost pile). I don't like that proximity of raccoon to chickens (locked in the coop at night, but still) + possibility of decease transmission via food sharing or feces. I recon it is time to spend...
  4. Sunshine Flock

    Understanding electric fencing for bears

    I'm trying to better understand a few things with electric fencing for bears. 1) Most folks seem to recommend 14 gauge galvanized steel wire. It's really hard to work with, but it won't easily bend or stretch like aluminum, which is what you want with big predators. The wire needs room for...
  5. M

    Hot Wire Fail, help!

    Hello! I was hoping to get more help from someone (anyone!) who has experience with setting up hot wire fences.... We recently set up a hot wire fence and it won't work! We tried to re configure and still nothing! I'm not even sure where to begin to trouble shoot! Help!!
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