Free-ranging and backyard chickens are easy prey for animals like foxes, raccoons, skunks and neighbors’ free-roaming cats and dogs. In addition, the lack of protection overhead makes them a likely meal for hawks. Pam Freeman offers ways to protect backyard chickens from aerial predators.
Source: Backyard Poultry, August 30, 2017.
To protect backyard, free-ranging chickens consider the following:
- Get a rooster
- Use a watchdog
- Scarecrows and shiny objects
- Position an owl decoy
- Plant for hiding cover
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