Keep your chickens safe from predators with our top ten ways to do it! Your chickens need protection from predators. Chickens are safer in a secure chicken coop with a protective run surrounding it. Here are some helpful tips that can help you protect your chickens.
Keep your chickens safe from predators with our Top Ten Ways to Protect Your Chickens from Predators plus get great deals on chicken predator protection too!
1. Put your chickens in covered, locked secure hen house at night and make sure you have a sturdy lock on the door. Make sure runs are covered and are dig proof. Some predators, such as raccoons will make quick work of a hasp lock with a screw driver in it.
2. Remove rocks, piles of wood, or debris from the area where your chickens are. Snakes will hide under and around rocks, wood, and debris. It is a good idea to use a snake repellent in and around your hen house. Keep their area clear of items that predators can hide behind or under.
3. Use solar powered predator lights on all sides of your chicken coop. (I have been using these for several months now as I had a bad skunk problem and since I started using them I have not seen, smelled, or trapped any skunks).
4. Make sure that their outside play area is fenced in on all sides (preferably with electric or solar powered electric fencing) and have chicken wire or netting covering the top of fenced in play areas to prevent chicken hawks and owls from making a sky landing on your chicken.
5. Certain breeds of dogs will protect your chickens but you must make sure that you get the dog as a puppy and raise it around them with supervision.
6. If you have a small hen house door make sure you have a hasp and padlock on it at night
7. Remove eggs daily. snakes, mice, skunks and raccoons smell the eggs and will come for them
8. Keep your hen house clean. Clean it at least once a week. You can use a mixture of 50% anti fungal foot powder and 50% baking soda sprinkled into bedding to diffuse the scent of your chickens and prevent fungal infections and to help cover the scent of the eggs.
9. Guinea's will protect your chickens. They are noisy and will scare off predators; they have even been know to attack predators and even kill snakes. Snakes tend to avoid places that have guinea's because the guinea is a snake's natural enemy. (However, this is not 100 percent guaranteed because I keep guinea's in the hen house with my chickens and I have killed at least two six foot chicken snakes and a copperhead-inside the hen house).
10. Spend time outdoors with your chickens and periodically check on them at night. When predators see humans around on a regular basis they are less likely to approach. (Using a baby monitor with a camera or a wifi security camera in your hen house, will save you some trips)
1. Put your chickens in covered, locked secure hen house at night and make sure you have a sturdy lock on the door. Make sure runs are covered and are dig proof. Some predators, such as raccoons will make quick work of a hasp lock with a screw driver in it.
2. Remove rocks, piles of wood, or debris from the area where your chickens are. Snakes will hide under and around rocks, wood, and debris. It is a good idea to use a snake repellent in and around your hen house. Keep their area clear of items that predators can hide behind or under.
3. Use solar powered predator lights on all sides of your chicken coop. (I have been using these for several months now as I had a bad skunk problem and since I started using them I have not seen, smelled, or trapped any skunks).
4. Make sure that their outside play area is fenced in on all sides (preferably with electric or solar powered electric fencing) and have chicken wire or netting covering the top of fenced in play areas to prevent chicken hawks and owls from making a sky landing on your chicken.
5. Certain breeds of dogs will protect your chickens but you must make sure that you get the dog as a puppy and raise it around them with supervision.
6. If you have a small hen house door make sure you have a hasp and padlock on it at night
7. Remove eggs daily. snakes, mice, skunks and raccoons smell the eggs and will come for them
8. Keep your hen house clean. Clean it at least once a week. You can use a mixture of 50% anti fungal foot powder and 50% baking soda sprinkled into bedding to diffuse the scent of your chickens and prevent fungal infections and to help cover the scent of the eggs.
9. Guinea's will protect your chickens. They are noisy and will scare off predators; they have even been know to attack predators and even kill snakes. Snakes tend to avoid places that have guinea's because the guinea is a snake's natural enemy. (However, this is not 100 percent guaranteed because I keep guinea's in the hen house with my chickens and I have killed at least two six foot chicken snakes and a copperhead-inside the hen house).
10. Spend time outdoors with your chickens and periodically check on them at night. When predators see humans around on a regular basis they are less likely to approach. (Using a baby monitor with a camera or a wifi security camera in your hen house, will save you some trips)
Guinea's alert chicken owners of predators
