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<maxh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Nuele,
> What predators do you have in Deutschland, a lose Dachshund perhaps?
yes, but just that one, so not much to worry about.
> I got to worry about Cayotes, vicious Rottweilers and other dogs that roam
> around lose, Chicken Hawks, etc.
Martens, foxes, racoons, enoks (all coming during the night when the
coop is closed and safe),birds of prey, of which goshawks are the most
successful. They take most of the chickens that neighbours lose.
Sparrowhawk females may take the occasional youngster, but they often
specialise in taking pigeons, according to fellow breeders.
Loose dogs of all sizes, not often, but the two times I lost birds I
lost them to dogs that came onto our land because someone had left the
gates open whiile we were away. One was a bantie of a different breed,
unwilling to fly, and the others were a broody and her chicks who sat in
a chicken hut and run. The dog, a Bernese mountain BTW, just broke
through the wire and had them all :-(
> Regarding fences. I had my chickens fenced in, but not fenced overheads.
> Hence, one of my ducks got spooked by a lose dog, and she took off into the
> sky like an F16, never to be seen again :-((
Clever girl.
Nuele (D)
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