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To: Eric in the Ozarks
We have had issues with possum, skunk, raccoon, and neighbors dogs; mostly the dogs though. A couple years ago, a couple dogs destroyed 50% of my flock, and the rest wouldn't lay for 7 months afterwards.

No problems with fox, but some neighbors claim they hear coyote at night. It seems doubtful to me though. There are too many feral cats in the area.

94 posted on 02/28/2014 7:03:06 PM PST by Sarajevo (Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?")
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To: Sarajevo

We have to make “chicken tractors”. We will move the chickens all over the property. Their house will have buried wire and a secured bottom wire.

We are in northern ID, about 38 miles from the Canadian border, between 2 mtn. ranges. Forest. You get the drift. It means golden and bald eagles along with other raptor birds in the skies. On the ground, coyotes, wolves, bobcats, mtn. lions, raccoons, fox, various weasels, badgers, bears (including grizzlies), etc. Everything eats everything around here. My little dog runs around when we are working outside. We keep a tight eye on her, being a food group. She is not left out unattended. The chickens will have protection too.

A neighbor lost all of his chickens last summer. Not to predators, though he let his run around 24/7. For some strange reason, they were all killed by a train. Why would they not get off the tracks? It was weird. They loved the snow.

We got more snow yesterday. It is 3’ deep in spots. Rain later in the week. The ground is frozen. I am glad for our elevation and living on the side of a gentle slope. If the snows all melt, there is going to be some major ice and water flowing.


250 posted on 03/04/2014 1:51:01 AM PST by hearthwench (Debbi - Mom, NaNa, and always ornery)
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