Thursday, September 20, 2012

I NEED ADVISE ASAP!!!!

Just lost another hen today, but today I saw it! I had just pulled in the driveway counted chickens told my daughter that it's a good sign when the chickens are out that everything is okay, put the key in the door, heard a noise, turned and saw a coyote on my chicken!!!! I screamed and ran after it but it got away with the chicken :( I know I need to pen them in, but until I get that setup I need advise on how to hunt a coyote. Do you use coyote calls? Douse yourself in coyote pee? Any helpful hints on how to rid our yard of this predator, throw em at me please! We need help!!!

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  1. Sorry, no info from me. Google perhaps?

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  2. It depends on what you are hunting with but around here people use a rabbit in distress call to lure a coyote in range of what ever you have. They typically circle around as they come in. I have not done this but they are smart like a dog but if hungry they will come in. These seem to like chicken so you could put a couple chickens in a coyote proof cage as bait and wait like a sniper for one or try to find a call. It may be as simple as waiting at the same time that you saw it and it may return to the scene of the crime. Don't wear any scent.

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    1. According to the Great Pyrenees Club of America, the Great Pyrenees is naturally nocturnal and aggressive with any predators that may harm its flock. However, the breed can typically be trusted with small, young, and helpless animals of any kind due to its natural guardian instinct

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  4. I put out a sacrifice rooster tied to a tree by a short cord (he was going to end up in the soup pot anyhow) before dawn, sat under some cedar trees with the rifle and took it when it came to get the rooster. It's not going to be easy, and now that he knows where the buffet is, I'm sure he'll be back until he's finished everything on his (your) plate.

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  5. Thanks guys, My husband is setting some foot traps tonight. We are definetly going to pen the chickens up in a run before we end up with none!!! We are trying to find a friend with a coyote call and we may try Carolyn's sacrificial rooster idea but with a $5 rooster off craigslist because I like my roosters too much to feed them to something. Today was so sad, my other buff orpington walked through those feathers just hunting for her friend and tonight Redneck is crowing he never crows at night it must have been his favorite gal. I'm getting really sick of losing my chickens!!!

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  6. I keep a Great Pyrenees dog and a Llama in with the goats and chickens. I have not had any problems with Coyotes or Hispanics getting them.
    (Yes, we have had that problem with them before)
    You can hunt them by using a rabbit call at night but you will need a red light to spot them.
    I feel they are smarter than a dog and it does take skill. I have also used a bait rooter in a dog trap but you really have to camo the trap up and hide the bottom and your smell.
    Good luck, I hope you get them.

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  7. Any luck? I don't like foot traps as they catch anything and these animals are so smart. A live trap of some kind, even build a fence with a trap door gate to trap them in an area where you can shoot them.

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    1. No, and my husband has set foot traps. I don't like them at all!!! My dog, my chickens, the neighbors dog, deer, bunnies, or anything could get caught in them. He caught a skunk yesterday. I've never seen a skunk around here so they aren't a problem to me :/ His grandpa wants to make a live trap which I think we will take him up on that, at least if you catch an innocent it can be released!!!

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    2. Skunks will kill chickens, I had a lot of trouble with them last year. One sounded like a large animal trying to get through the chicken wire at 3 am. I shot it with a 22 while holding a flash light, didn't get sprayed. They are good animals for eating bugs in the ground but once they get a taste for chicken, forget it.

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