Re: What can be done to scare hawks and foxes away from a farm, vibrational noise equipment?

[Guest guest]

I would recommend dogs or geese. Geese can be very aggressive towards predators,

although you'd have to find a breeder that has genetics for this. Some geese are

not very aggressive. The geese have the added bonus of producing goose liver,

meat, fat and down.

Dogs are better because they can be trained. Best it's best to raise them from

pups with the chickens so that both the dogs and the chickens are comfortable

with each other and the dog won't consider the chickens to be prey.

Technology is always the weakest form of protection because it's static and the

predators eventually figure out how to game it or you forget to plug-in the

electric fence ;-)

I think the most common conventional protection is a portable eletic fence. I've

seen Salatin use one that has a series of verticle slats.

Good Luck,

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> Are their any permanent strategies to ward off predators from killing off

livestock in a farm? Especially pastured roosters and chickens?

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> I've heard of some vibrational noise equipment that irritates predators so

they will stay away from the farm. Do you guys know of any and how many acres

does it cover? Anything to ward off hawks and foxes?

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> Thank You,

> Danny Holt

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[Guest guest]

Some African farmers are dying their chickens hot pink because they say the

hawks will not eat them. I don't know if that works on American hawks, but it

sure looks cool! Maybe you could do a variety of colors - pink, green, blue,

and see how it goes. I read up on dyeing animals from a poodle site and they

said to use paste coloring for decorating cakes, like Wiltons, available in

craft and party stores. You dilute it with some water. For poodles, you rinse

it out after 30 min. but I think that's to save the furniture - outdoors maybe

just leave it on.

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> > Are their any permanent strategies to ward off predators from killing off

livestock in a farm? Especially pastured roosters and chickens?

> >

> > I've heard of some vibrational noise equipment that irritates predators so

they will stay away from the farm. Do you guys know of any and how many acres

does it cover? Anything to ward off hawks and foxes?

> >

> > Thank You,

> > Danny Holt

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[Guest guest]

I've seen a story, along with pictures (sorry, didn't save it) of Chinese

farmers trapping hawks, tying them up, letting the chickens beat the crap out

of them...and then freeing the hawks and the hawks wouldn't try eating the

chickens after that. It was because the farmers weren't allowed to kill the

hawks but torturing them was still apparently legal.

Not very feasible, but interesting nonetheless!

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> Are their any permanent strategies to ward off predators from killing off

livestock in a farm? Especially pastured roosters and chickens?

>

> I've heard of some vibrational noise equipment that irritates predators so

they will stay away from the farm. Do you guys know of any and how many acres

does it cover? Anything to ward off hawks and foxes?

>

> Thank You,

> Danny Holt

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[Guest guest]

I don't mind the torture, but I think it would not be effective; only one hawk

would learn!

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> > Are their any permanent strategies to ward off predators from killing off

livestock in a farm? Especially pastured roosters and chickens?

> >

> > I've heard of some vibrational noise equipment that irritates predators so

they will stay away from the farm. Do you guys know of any and how many acres

does it cover? Anything to ward off hawks and foxes?

> >

> > Thank You,

> > Danny Holt

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