Hi, Leslie,
Thank you for the sympathy and coyote info. You're right that a coyote
is certainly a candidate. I'm skeptical too about electronet keeping
coyotes out of an area. But in 14 years, the coyotes have never jumped
over it. I think from their point of view there's no reason to expect
that the painful shock doesn't extend above the netting. I watched a
dog get shocked and it simply yelped and backed away. Still, surely
there must be the occasional exception?
Thanks again,
Karen
On 11/19/24 9:05 AM, Leslie Turek wrote:
I know you say the fence should deter coyotes, but I'll mention that a
coyote has been seen several times over the past week or so near the
field at Farrar Pond Village, coming in and out from your direction.
Might not be a coincidence that this corresponds to your losses.
I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Poor chickens.
Leslie Turek
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 5:07 AM Karen Seo <[email protected]> wrote:
Seeking help at identifying what is eating my chickens. The chickens
are free-ranging tiny bantams. An adult rooster (less than a
pound) was
eaten about 2 weeks ago, and a half-grown female chick (perhaps 4-6
ounces) disappeared the next week and an adult hen this past
week. The
forage area is surrounded by electrified fencing that is generally
effective at deterring coyotes, foxes, dogs, raccoons and bears but
smaller predators could get through the openings or under the lowest
electrified strand, e.g., weasels, skunks, opossums, rats, squirrels.
While hawks have taken some chickens previously, the survivors are
not
showing the scared behavior they've shown after previous hawk
attacks.
The week+ gap between kills seemed odd -- I'd have expected the
predator
to come back right away. Scat was found in a corner of the fenced
area
-- I was unable to shrink the photos sufficiently for sending to
LincolnTalk. Please let me know if you'd like to see them or know of
someone to whom I could send them for identification. Any help
would be
much appreciated. Note that cameras will be getting installed but are
not yet in place and electrified chicken fencing (smaller holes than
current fencing) may get set up too.)
Thank you,
Karen Seo
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