Fred's Fine Fowl
09-26-2008, 12:57 PM
Hi everyone,
I was just reading in one of the other topics, that some folks have been raided by night predators.
I have been using red flashing lights at night here at Fred's Fine Fowl for many years. They run on solar powered batteries, automatically come on when it's dark (not just at night) and have been effective in deterring night predators like Owls, Raccoons, Opossoms and Weasels...
If your chickens are secured in buildings, then they are probably fine as they will be inside after sunset. However, if you have open runs and areas where a masked bandit has time to come and work on getting in, then nite quard is a great non-chemical protection system.
You can read about them at this site: http://www.niteguard.com/
Remember, this is only effective for night predators. I would love to hear from people who have problems, then install nite guard, and report on the results.
I have had zero night predators for the past five years. Prior to that, I could see raccoon paw prints on and around all my chicken coop doors and hen doors where they had been, but not gained successful entry.
The high risk birds were my ducks, which remained outside through the night often. They also seem to work at protecting my apiary (bee hives) from black bears, but you probably don't have that problem in the cities?
I was just reading in one of the other topics, that some folks have been raided by night predators.
I have been using red flashing lights at night here at Fred's Fine Fowl for many years. They run on solar powered batteries, automatically come on when it's dark (not just at night) and have been effective in deterring night predators like Owls, Raccoons, Opossoms and Weasels...
If your chickens are secured in buildings, then they are probably fine as they will be inside after sunset. However, if you have open runs and areas where a masked bandit has time to come and work on getting in, then nite quard is a great non-chemical protection system.
You can read about them at this site: http://www.niteguard.com/
Remember, this is only effective for night predators. I would love to hear from people who have problems, then install nite guard, and report on the results.
I have had zero night predators for the past five years. Prior to that, I could see raccoon paw prints on and around all my chicken coop doors and hen doors where they had been, but not gained successful entry.
The high risk birds were my ducks, which remained outside through the night often. They also seem to work at protecting my apiary (bee hives) from black bears, but you probably don't have that problem in the cities?