Coyote

[WLLady]

if you lock the birds in for a while, usually about a week, it's enough that the predator will move on. However, it will come back to check off and on, and then the cycle begins again. I found having coyote killing horses and a dog on the property helps a lot. But i still lock everything up tight at night, and still keep an eye on the foxes in the driveway, and i won't hesitate to give them a lead education if they cross the fenceline.

[ross]

Had a fox come out of bush today & grapped a hen . My wife heard the commotion & ran around back of house to see fox with hen in mouth & yard chickens giving it hell . She let out a holler & went at it with her dog repellent spray & when got within 20 ft sprayed at in face it dropped the hen , still ok , & headed for bush . I turned our shepherd loose & she finished chasing it back in bush . Still out there . Keeping a sharper lookout & lockdown as Kathy says . I know there was a kit back in conservation land but couldn’t get to um . This stuff from CTC 14.00 $ works well small container lotsa sprays .

[labradors]

Ugh!!!! Many thanks for all the food for thought. Double ugh on the electric fence problems!!

The "livestock guardians" {LOL} that we have prefer to be inside in the cool, but now we are thinking of tying one of them out (under the shade of a tree) for a limited time so that the chickens can enjoy a little more freedom, but not in this heat. My veggie garden is close by, so when I'm out working and watering, I can keep an eye on them.

Linda

[Happy]

My "livestock guardians" consist of a beagle that smells EVERYTHING and barks to alert the other lab "guardian" who runs around looking for the threat until he gets bored and hot in about 30 seconds lol. But its enough to scare the wildlife away at least. Coyotes are crafty though. They will watch and if they realize your dog is tethered and they get hungry enough they will risk it. I sound a bit fanatical about coyotes but I have under-estimated them before and it almost cost me one of my older girls. She tucked her butt in and ran toward the beagle who was tied at the time. All the coyote managed to get was a mouthful of tail feathers that day.

[Killerbunny]

I'd be scared to tether a dog with coyotes around.

[labradors]

Duh KB. Why didn't I think of that? Not a great idea to tether a dog at all. I was just thinking that the coyote would take a quick look, see a dog, and scamper away. Obviously, I know nothing about coyotes!

Linda