Predator-proofing advice and recovering after a predator loss.
At dusk, your flock goes quiet and blind while owls get sharp and fast — this is when losses happen.…
When you keep chickens in coyote country, the flock lives or dies by your barriers and your habits. Coyote country…
When a raccoon tests your latch at 2 a.m. or a hawk shadows your run at noon, livestock guardian animals…
At dusk, when the run goes quiet and the night hunters wake up, an electric fence for backyard chickens is…
How Snakes Actually Get Your Eggs Snakes enter through gaps wider than 1/2 inch, climb with leverage from framing and…
How Rat Problems Actually Start Around Chickens The standard is simple: no open food, no water left out overnight, no…
How Fox Losses Actually Happen The standard is simple: no gap larger than 1/2 inch, no climbable edges, and a…
How Digging Losses Happen A vertical fence without a horizontal apron is an invitation — a raccoon, fox, dog, or…
How Hawks Take Birds — And the Window You Can Close The standard hawk kill is a daytime strike from…
How Night Losses Actually Happen Most night attacks start with a weak latch, a gap larger than a half inch,…