Raccoons and Coyotes Keep Taking Backyard Chickens

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“There’s a huge psychological difference between knowing about harm taking place and inflicting harm personally. I eat meat but that doesn’t mean I go around chucking rocks at chicken’s heads. Do I think OP is being dramatic? Yes. But answers like yours don’t change the emotional response someone is having to a situation.”

“Depending on where you live, you could put a bat house somewhere on the property or in an easement. They come out at night, and will eat most mosquitoes and yeah they do eat flies.”

“Been slowly losing chickens. Just ordered 3 crow calls to try and bribe some crows over here to bully him away. Do the cons outweigh the pros if we befriend some crows on a homestead? How rough are they on gardens and fruit trees? submitted by /u/ClammyCooter [link] [comments]”

“i live on a cattle farm with pigs, sheep, dogs, chickens etc. we have a huge mice problem. huge. the house is old and impossible to seal so we have a large number of mice in the house. i also have an 8 week old baby. the two don't mix. we try trapping them and the first week we got upwards of a dozen. they're smart though and seem to rarely catch more than a couple a week now. i go into rooms and they're on the bed, went into a wardrobe and they've made a home in there within a w”

“These guys get worse every year. Im guessing they are filth flies because we have a lot of pets. Any guess? vinigar sugar soap doesn’t work, not to a degree that helps. I dump bleach down the drains every couple days. I have electric flyswatters and dry vacs, temp fix. Turn around and another slew of them have gathered. I’ve tried the stuff that’s supposed to stick to the drains. sometimes we get larger black flies, I can usually trace those back to a dead mouse or something. Knowing for sure wh”

“Welp someone down the roads crappy predator proofing failed now their claiming war on anything small and furry so I got called 🤦 folks will spend $300 on fancy chickens but not $100 on a hot wire... But thought it would be a good time for a lil tippy tip post on cage trapping pests around the homestead. None of this is necessary but it definitely helps get them caught quicker then just a can of tuna in the back of a cage . And when you loosing animals...it's better to try and just get it do”

“2 days ago one of our chickens was dead in the road with guts strewn everywhere this was around probably 10 in the morning we chalked it up to being ran over by a car. This morning almost exact same spot and around the same time another chicken again guts strewn out across the road. It is wooded across the road. We also had 8 baby guineas with its mom last night today there are 4 baby guineas. And then also today around 330 I discovered a chicken dead on its back. No guts this time just on its b”

“Insecticidal soap should be sprayed directly on aphids or other such insects. Usually it doesn't take all that much. A one-pint or one-quart spray bottle should do. Maybe you'll have to refill it once or twice.”

“For the last couple weeks I’ve had hundreds of these fruit/fungus flies swarming my sliding glass door. I tried the apple cider vinegar trap..nothing. I have a Zevo bug trap, caught a handful. I just poured boiling water down my drains. But no matter how many I kill, 5-10 more come right back. And just walk around on my sliding glass door/windows… I don’t have any live plants with soil in my house. However, the soil in my backyard (near my fence) gets very moist. I’m wondering if they’re coming”

“Only a "friend" of you have chickens or guineas - they will eat them [seemingly] by the ton”

“oh my god. my house is full of those tiny brown flies. at first it was just the kitchen (i live with my family still and our house is always a mess as were a busy and hectic family). However, they have spread yo to MY bedroom. im just spraying them all with hairspray. theyre everywhere and im just embarrassed of having people come over to my house at this point. ive tried fly tape (that nasty sticky stuff) but they just weren't interested in it at all. ive tried those vinegar traps and some”

“hi! ive been dealing with pantry moths on and off for forever now. im in the process of moving and obviously was not wanting to bring them over. the place im moving into has had the ac off until move in day, and i was wondering if the heat would kill any that i brought over? 🥲 90-100 inside the house for a good couple days (or alternatively let it sit outside, 90-100 out there as well. i just worry about things being stolen). submitted by /u/dofferz [link] [comments]”

“Hey all! My wife and I are getting into the homesteading lifestyle (I'm a city boy she was already from the country). And as many of you know mice are an inevitable problem getting into barns, houses, sheds, etc. My question is how to naturally deter and/or eradicate mice as a DIY without harsh poisons and chemicals (allergic to cats so that is not an option). Also okay with excepting fate that we might just need to get an exterminator if there is a nest. submitted by /u/Samarita”

“What is the best product to use for aphids and milli bugs on plants without harming the leaves of plants? submitted by /u/TooInToFitness104 [link] [comments]”

“I own a small nursery and i let the chickens in from the farm to to clear out pests they don't seem to bother anything bar veg seedlings.”

“I have mice eating my chicken feed like a lol a lot of it is going to field mice, and so far spicy things hasn't helped i just bought some flaming squirrel sauce so maybe that will work, time will tell. Anyway i am trying to setup the 5 gallon bucket mousetrap but i have a curious dog who is large and like half wolf, he's actually caught a couple mice himself lol. my chicken run is about 12ftx12ft i was thinking of putting it inside to protect it from the dog but then the chickens will s”

“We purchased our home on a small 5 acres about a year ago, and weve been rebuilding/repairing/expanding where we can. The "chicken coop" previously was in this same area. Essentially the previously owners put up a bunch of chicken wire and a door between the water holding tanks and the "coop". We got 10 chickens a few months ago and have had to keep them in the brooder because one of our neighbor dogs jumped out pasture fence and critically wonded one of our goats. He had to”

“Ours is a very suspicious barn cat who takes rodent control seriously but still acts like everyone is out to get him. 😂 I'd love to see everyone's unofficial farm staff. submitted by /u/blessingsgrow [link] [comments]”

“I know everyone is saying raccoons… but I’ve seen skunks absolutely brutalize my lawn going after grubs. not sure which problem you’ve got but it could be either from my experience.”

“I’m at a loss. It’s my first summer living in the south and I usually have fruit flies up north but HERE? I don’t keep anything out, throw away trash frequently, and they’re still horrible This morning one flew in my yogurt bowl. I threw it away. I’m at a loss here, any tips? submitted by /u/HealthyPanic [link] [comments]”

“They come into my house (especially kitchen) every night and i don’t know how to stop them. Any tips please please? I don’t want to hurt them. submitted by /u/Key-Biscotti-5405 [link] [comments]”

“What does everyone use for keeping the mosquitos off their dogs? Where I live had recieved over 300mm of rain in the last few weeks and in return we have a massive bug explosion now. My poor girl is being ambushed all over her legs the second she goes outside. Im looking for something extremely safe and bonus points if I can purchase it off amazon/temu/online somewhere. Thanks in advance everyone! submitted by /u/coleslaw056 [link] [comments]”

“I'm looking for advice on what to do for this goose that showed up this morning. It has been following my chickens around all day but doesnt seem like it trying to harm them. I know nothing about geese. I set out a small kiddie pool to help it cool down because it is blazing here . Anything I should or should not be doing? Also can anyone yell me anything about it from just a picture? Type? Gender? submitted by /u/MongooseUpbeat5485 [link] [comments]”

“I’ve been working hard on getting a lawn since we got the pool removed two years ago. FINALLY got the mini white clover to grow this year but now I’m battling these little brown biting flies. I have it trimmed short but it’s just a nightmare. My turtle and dog can’t go back there and none of the family can enjoy it. Trying to maintain it is just painful from all the bites. Any recommendations to remove these pests that are safe for the clover and animals? In Hudson County, New Jersey submi”

“My neighbors moved in, nice family, 2 young kids. I have zero drama with my neighbors, we’re cool. Issue: they built a chicken coop along the back fence of their yard. They have roughly 2 dozen chickens and ducks total. The back fence line is approximately 10 feet from my back porch. Here’s the rub. He tries to maintain the coop, works hard on it. But the chicken poop is heavy, dense and nauseating. It’s a constant assault on my olfactory senses. I don’t have a front porch, have historically spe”

“What are we doing for ticks/chiggers?! I don’t want to hurt my pollinators, but my goodness they’re awful!!! Follow up question. Guineas…. Love them? Hate them? We currently do not have any livestock on property, but we want to. I know next to nothing about keeping livestock. I’ve done some research, but would like to hear from people who live in Oklahoma what they’ve found does best here. (I will take advice from outside state too) I’m talking what tolerates our hot summers and cold winters wel”

“Ok so I have chickens and lately something is killing them what can I do to protect them? I suspect it's raccoons but trapping and killing the raccoons doesn't seem to work, either that or it's a coyote. submitted by /u/Fit-Neighborhood513 [link] [comments]”

“We moved into a farmhouse 2 weeks ago and I expected some flies but there are SO many that it's driving in particular my husband absolutely crazy. Our house is also very close to a horse stable, and my husband spends at least an hour or two every day zapping flies only for there to still be at least 20 in a room at any time. Any ideas for deterring them? I've got an electric zapper, a handheld zapper, fly paper, I'm diffusing scents they don't like, like mint, and a mesh net for”

“I have too many roosters, they need to go. As much as I would love to send them to a nice rooster farm up the road that’s not realistic and if they are going to end up in a freezer I would prefer it to be mine. I should add my husband is deeply emotionally attached to all the birds. He loved them but understands they are hurting each other and the hens. I add to say I am mostly on my own here. submitted by /u/dog-mom- [link] [comments]”