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Tapper
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 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:08 am Post subject: Coyote Last Night |
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This morning when I went out there were fist-sized HOLES in the chicken wire
walls of the pen. There were big gashes and pits and the wire was stretched
like crazy. We put up a bit of a fence 2 feet outside of the pen, but I
didn>t have enough to go around. I hope they>ll be OK tonight! I hope it
won>t decide to jump up on top (6 feet). It would definitely get in since
the wire>s just held on with staples. But since they>re so hard to trap,
amybe it would know that it wouldn>t be able to get out. I haven>t figured
out how to reinforce the wire on the doors, but something will occur to me
soon. This animal is driving me crazy.
--Pat |
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a.stranger
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Coyote Last Night |
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I can>t imagine why it didn>t get in. I>ve known of small Pet dogs that have
torn through chicken wire. Welded 2x4 wire is only about 30 US dollars for
50 ft, which would at least slow down entry if used on the bottom four foot
over the chicken wire, but it will dig or climb next, if need be. Your best
bet will be an electric fence wire about 1 ft above the ground, all the way
around the hen house. This keeps dogs or coyotes from either tearing
through, digging under, or climbing up. It>s hungry; you have extra food, it
has no scruples.
"Tapper" <oldNOgodsSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[quote]This morning when I went out there were fist-sized HOLES in the chicken
wire
walls of the pen. There were big gashes and pits and the wire was
stretched
like crazy. We put up a bit of a fence 2 feet outside of the pen, but I
didn>t have enough to go around. I hope they>ll be OK tonight! I hope
it
won>t decide to jump up on top (6 feet). It would definitely get in since
the wire>s just held on with staples. But since they>re so hard to trap,
amybe it would know that it wouldn>t be able to get out. I haven>t
figured
out how to reinforce the wire on the doors, but something will occur to me
soon. This animal is driving me crazy.
--Pat
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Chris Wilson
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:19 am Post subject: Re: Coyote Last Night |
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In article <vmspprbfbugc98@corp.supernews.com>, kpt@channel.com says...
[quote]I can>t imagine why it didn>t get in. I>ve known of small Pet dogs that have
torn through chicken wire. Welded 2x4 wire is only about 30 US dollars for
50 ft, which would at least slow down entry if used on the bottom four foot
over the chicken wire, but it will dig or climb next, if need be. Your best
bet will be an electric fence wire about 1 ft above the ground, all the way
around the hen house. This keeps dogs or coyotes from either tearing
through, digging under, or climbing up. It>s hungry; you have extra food, it
has no scruples.
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Yep, invest in an electric wire or wires around the run, I use them to
stop rabbits and foxes getting into our bird enclosure and chicken run.
at http://www.formula3.demon.co.uk/wires.jpg there is a poor picture of
the 2 rows of stand off insulators for the 2 bottom strands, and there is
also an anti climb top strand along the top. the weldmesh fence itself is
very well earthed so a climbing predator is still earthed. HTH.
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Best Regards,
Chris. |
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Tapper
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:08 am Post subject: Re: Coyote Last Night |
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Yeah, I bought that wire mesh Sunday. We>ll be putting it up in the next
few days.
The only reason I can think of that it didn>t get in is that my dog started
barking like crazy in the middle of the night; that might have been it.
"a.stranger" <kpt@channel.com> wrote in message
news:vmspprbfbugc98@corp.supernews.com...
[quote]I can>t imagine why it didn>t get in. I>ve known of small Pet dogs that
have
torn through chicken wire. Welded 2x4 wire is only about 30 US dollars
for
50 ft, which would at least slow down entry if used on the bottom four
foot
over the chicken wire, but it will dig or climb next, if need be. Your
best
bet will be an electric fence wire about 1 ft above the ground, all the
way
around the hen house. This keeps dogs or coyotes from either tearing
through, digging under, or climbing up. It>s hungry; you have extra food,
it
has no scruples.
"Tapper" <oldNOgodsSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uB6cnX559YvlsvOiU-KYuQ@iwc.net...
This morning when I went out there were fist-sized HOLES in the chicken
wire
walls of the pen. There were big gashes and pits and the wire was
stretched
like crazy. We put up a bit of a fence 2 feet outside of the pen, but
I
didn>t have enough to go around. I hope they>ll be OK tonight! I hope
it
won>t decide to jump up on top (6 feet). It would definitely get in
since
the wire>s just held on with staples. But since they>re so hard to
trap,
amybe it would know that it wouldn>t be able to get out. I haven>t
figured
out how to reinforce the wire on the doors, but something will occur to
me
soon. This animal is driving me crazy.
--Pat
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Campswamp1
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: Coyote Last Night |
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| Try an electric fence, they are inexpensive and very effective. |
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Sky
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Coyote Last Night |
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I use heavy gage wire on my duck pen and nothing has gotten in yet,
knock on wood. We don>t have coyote in this area, that I know of
anyway. We have bob-cat and fox that love the ducks. I love my first
duck to a fox before I knew to pen them up at night. Chicken wire is
not strong enough to hold them off for long, please try a heavy gage
wire available at home depot or lowe>s... Sky
campswamp1@wmconnect.com (Campswamp1) wrote in message news:<20030926062828.01085.00000128@mb-m23.wmconnect.com>...
> Try an electric fence, they are inexpensive and very effective. |
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Sky
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Coyote Last Night |
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I use heavy gage wire on my duck pen and nothing has gotten in yet,
knock on wood. We don>t have coyote in this area, that I know of
anyway. We have bob-cat and fox that love the ducks. I love my first
duck to a fox before I knew to pen them up at night. Chicken wire is
not strong enough to hold them off for long, please try a heavy gage
wire available at home depot or lowe>s... Sky
campswamp1@wmconnect.com (Campswamp1) wrote in message news:<20030926062828.01085.00000128@mb-m23.wmconnect.com>...
> Try an electric fence, they are inexpensive and very effective. |
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