I stopped by the local farm store this weekend and they didn't have anything except the single strand line. Or keep the overhead cover if birds of prey are an issue. You could do away with the tractor and just leave the coop for roosting at night. It's mobile, very good deterrent and can be solar powered. Wow thanks for all the responces everybody, it's much appreciated!Ĭraig Dobbelyu wrote:Electric poultry netting might be an option if you can afford it. If anyone can speak to this idea, I'd be curious to know if it sound plausible. I just don't know if you could get a pair of pigs, probably boars, with the temperament that would let them exist in close proximity to a chicken coop, and at the same time aggressive enough to fend off/kill intruders. They would get some human interaction when fed and when the tractor is moved, but purpose-bred dogs do seem to derive satisfaction from doing their job.Ī more extreme idea, and I don't know if it would work, but if you were building on a slightly (well okay, more than slightly) larger scale, you could try keeping a pair of pigs of the right temperament in a paddock, something like one of those mobile dog fences, heavy duty and staked into the ground, and arranged so that they could have access around the whole chicken tractor the fencing would surround. As it would be a life for which they were bred, and the only one they would know, it would be fine for the dogs too. This might not work for someone not making a long-term business investment, but getting a small livestock guardian dog or two (they are social animals, two or more are better) and keeping them from the start in chicken tractors designed with an integrated doghouse would work well, provided you found the right dogs and trained them to task properly. I wouldn't want to disrupt the routine of any dog, and that applies to family pets that sleep on your bed as herding dogs. I agree with the sentiment that you don't want to leave your dog alone with the chickens, but that doesn't mean you can't keep a dog with the chickens. I'm thinking then if they do make their way out to the cages maybe they will think the live trap opening is a "way in".ĥ) A tent, American Bulldog, banjo, spotlight, and a shotgun. (Might be out of my price range at the moment)Ĥ) Live traps placed next to / near cages. They could still start digging under from a foot back though.Ģ) Strand of barbwire around perimiter of cages.ģ) Strand of electric fence around cages. Flip top 4'x4' lid, 3/4 of the roof solid material.ġ) An extra layer of fencing folded out at the bottom, about 1' or so, so they coulding dig right under the cage. The chicken tractors are going to be a Salatin design, 8'x8' wooden frame wrapped in welded wire. So aside from putting some hunting pressure on the population what are some other ideas to help reduce the likely hood of finding a couple of empty chicken tractors in the morning.
I asked if he would be OK with me hunting / trapping them, and he said Hell yeah I would be OK with that. They have even given up trying to grow a kitchen garden because the raccoons destroy everything. I asked about predators in the area and he said there are tons of raccoons around. I recently got permission from a local Christmas tree farm to run some chicken tractors on their pasture. I'm looking for ideas to help make a chicken tractor(s) as raccoon resistant as possible.
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