Raccoons are the worst. My first thought seeing them in daylight is does it have rabies? I’m aware of the no fence urine sprays but never thought or heard about using just ammonia. Excellent video. Lots of great info here. I’ve had many of these same struggles. Keeping chickens alive can become quite an endeavor 😁👍👍
Probably not rabies, but most likely babies (see what I did there?). 🤣🐼 After using some urine sprays I don’t like it as much as ammonia. Ammonia will even make rats move out but it’s not great for chickens to breathe it in so that creates a dilemma! It’s definitely an ongoing battle but yeah, we gotta keep these chickens alive! ❤️🐔❤️
I got 15 chickens in spring and over the course of 2 months they all got killed. We dealt with about 7 attacks. First was a stray dog, then a fox, then a raccoon, then weasels until all were gone.. And then a weasel killed one of my rabbits. It was my first time with chickens. I felt so guilty for the longest time and still do a bit. But we tried everything me could.. We are working on building a better coop and run. We are going to try again next year. I am only 12. What an eventful year.. Edit: This video helped me a lot! Thank you!
Oh my goodness that is so hard. I totally understand about the guilt but I do want to tell you that your exact scenario has happened to the best of us, even me! Predators are hard to handle, and so much of what we do is trial and error and tough lessons. I hope you get chickens again and have an awesome set up where you don’t have to worry. ❤️ Good luck!
We live in the mountains and have all the same predators along with the occasional mountain lion, bear and rattlesnake. About a year and a half ago, we finally invested in a metal carport as a run and put 1/2" hardware cloth on everything, including burying an apron around the whole run. My coop is in the run as well, so they are very safe, especially at night when locked in the coop. It did cost a lot of money, but after almost 20 years of chicken keeping, we decided the investment was worth it and we have had no breeches so far. Since the structure has a solid metal roof the chickens are also protected from the snow and rain, as well as flying predators and they can be outside everyday of the year. It also makes it much easier for me to care for them as I am chronically ill and I was struggling to keep them safe and clean in our previous set up.
Bears and mountain lions are so hard! I hate that hardwire mesh is so expensive. I'm sure if it were more affordable that more people would use it. And yes, having the security is so nice when you aren't feeling 100%! We had the flu last year and it was tough getting up to lock up the chickens! Thanks so much for watching. :-)
LOVE the beginning! Your videos are great! I laughed that it's now a chicken neighborhood. lol Great information and I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. :)
Hahaha ok first of this video was hilarious and I love your editing style. Second. SO NEEDED THIS! We have a huge raccoon and feral cat problem here. Ammonia may be my best option. Great video. Thank you so so much for sharing! - Natalie
Oh yes ammonia will definitely help with that. Just make sure your own cats aren’t effected by it. Keep it on the outside of your fencing if your cats go outside. ❤️🐱❤️
Best opening to a video ever! 😂 We must have bought the wrong netting. The one we used to have tore from the snow.... 2 year olds are like raccoons in many ways. lol
Yes, so many types of netting will collapse in the snow. That’s why I ended up just spending more money and getting the super strong stuff. I hope it holds up over time!
Oh my word, hahaha!!! Thank you for always making me laugh!! Great tips! Yah that net is a huge pain but definitely worth the peace of mind. That's awesome that you have friends to help with that, think my friends would be "busy" that weekend, hee hee. Cool tip on the ammonia, never heard of that one.
Hahaha If my friends asked me to do it I surely would be "washing my chicken's hair" that weekend LOL! But yes, they came on THANKSGIVING (they insisted it was okay) and worked for hours and then came the next day again and worked for hours. It was amazing. The ammonia thing I got from the local wildlife rescue. I called them after there was an attack in my yard. I'm hoping to convince them they need to do some videos with me. I'm wanting to do a whole series on wildlife and how to live with them.
LOL, right?!! Gotta take care of those chicken locks! That would be amazing and really helpful. There is probably a lot more ways that they can teach us to work with local wildlife and still protect our little feather babies. Absolutely, I LOVE your channel! ;)
I learned it by consulting with my local wildlife rescue and rehab center. It really works. But of course it stinks, so you wouldn’t want to use so much that your neighbors suffered!
PS-I love your perspective on nature and living in harmony with it. It’s so true. They’re animals. We’ve essentially stolen their territory. We ought to do what we can to live at peace with them ... but also protect our goods. Haha nap tough sometimes!
@@WelcometoChickenlandia LOL Unfortunately they are not allowed in town here, I told Joe we need to move out to the country his response was "I am never moving again" LOL
your chickens are so cute, I understand predators, my chickens are forced to stay in a covered run during the winter, my one chicken was in her usual spot in the bushes/weeds, and a hawk was easily able to drop from a branch right on top of her, she felt safe there because she and the flock would spend time there when the leaves were there, and because I heard the commotion I ran over there (I had them out because my run collapsed and I was fixingit and did not want them under foot getting stepped or kicked by me), because I was there I was able to scare the hawk away and she only had minor scratches and was okay (I thought she would need to be put out of her misery)but she started to eat after the second day and I knew she was doing okay. now the run is fixed and they are grounded from being out and about until spring. another method is peeing around the coop and run area andmy dog does too. come spring the run will be changed and extra fencing put up to protect them while in the run in the spring/summer. I wont be allowing them out until the afternoon I lost chickens last year because I would let them out in the morning and htey would lay their eggs in weeds and try to hatch them (I have no roo)and I couldnt find them to bring theminto the coop at night so they got attacked. I only found feathers. so no free range until they are done layingtheir eggs in the coop. I lost my rhode island red and my astolorp (my favorite chicken they are so friendly) I lost my molly (polish) because of a hawk i clipped her bonnet so she could see but I dont think her problem was just that she seemed to be dumb, she did not stay with the flock I would find her alone in the yard, so I wont be getting polish as I hate to keep crittors locked up. your chickens are glad to be owned by you. you take your responsilbity seriously and sodo I hence more improvements I need to do this spring. the coop is secure no predators have gotten in there yet. but I do check the coop form time to time to see if any thing has gotten lose or anything chewing holes. so far so good.
Love your content! I do have a question. I’m getting chicks and have a coop with a run. Wondering if I can just put food and water n the coop and just water n the run to avoid possible mice rats that could possibly get into the run? Or is It necessary to have food n the coop and run?
Yeah I remember coming across them digging through garbage late at night. It’s not a sound I like to hear! I suppose your best bet would be to reinforce fencing with skirted or buried hardwire mesh, and then make extra sure there’s no chicken food or scraps in a place that they can get to at night when they are around. The babies are cute, though lol.
Hi, Love your show. I have a small side yard with trees and two coops with 18 chickens and a rooster. Its kind of crowded unfortunately. My delima is how to use netting when I have trees after every 5 to 10 fee. Thank you:)
We have our first ever chickens still in the brooder inside. We have 5 and our coop is almost finished. The chicks are 2 weeks old and we have tons of raccoons, opossums and coyotes in our area. Raccoons are constantly going into our neighbors backyard, setting off our security lights. My husband has tried to build the coop and run to be completely predator proof and unfortunately we will only be able to let them free range when we’re present in the yard.
Are there any lock styles that you would suggest to help keep raccoons out? I am a beginner and I know what I have is not sufficient - simple wood lever in front of our gate to the chicken run. I don’t want to have to put an actual lock on my gate that I have to fumble with every day if that’s possible.
Great question! I have a barrel bolt up high on my door where a raccoon can't reach it. In the past, I have added a karabiner to an existing latch to reinforce it. You're probably right that the lever will be easy for a raccoon to maneuver. They are so clever, unfortunately!
So if I use a few rags and soak them in the ammonia and hang them up around my chicken yard run, how often will I need to refresh them? And what about rain or when they dry out
We just found scratch marks under the door scratching through the wood so we boarded it up. That is the first sign of an attempt to get in by a predator, is there anything else I can do?
@@WelcometoChickenlandia thanks for answering! We think its rats that are trying to get in to get the eggs and food since the claw marks are very small, and since we have seen some around. I know rats are not good, but Im grateful it might not be raccoons or something dangerous.
You’re right, it’s super expensive. Where I live, the fishermen throw out used netting and it’s REALLY strong. They leave it at the marina for chicken keepers to come grab. Other options would be looking for used netting or maybe going on one of the free groups on Facebook. It’s tough.
Nice presentation. Human urine applied every 15 inches on the outside of your fence will keep preditors away. This comes from a chicken whisperor lady I know.
This was really helpful thank you! :) Does Ammonia deter rats as well as larger predators like racoons? I absolutely love that Chickenlandia exists somewhere that " isn't a chicken neighbourhood" 😍 😄 🐓 🦆 💖 They don't know what they're missing!! 🐓 💖
Haha yes my neighbors are amazing but I’m pretty sure they think I’m crazy LOL. Ammonia will deter rats, but the only problem with that is that rats usually hang out pretty close to chickens and you don’t want chickens breathing it in. Your best bet with rats is to remove their food and water source. It’s best to only feed the chooks what they will eat before afternoon time, so that there are no tempting morsels around for rats to enjoy. ❤️🐭❤️
Thank you Dalia !!! I will do this tonight because I know there are more !!!! Full view till the end ! By the way,,, I should have been checking your channel because your bell was unchecked and I had to unsubscribe and re subscribe to click your bell ! Now I will get to watch all your videos !!!! ~~~~~ Irene
What a shame that someone comes here to openly comment about their homophobia instead of just leaving without making a scene.... so sad that people cut themselves off from wonderful people just bc of differences in preference
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Raccoons are the worst. My first thought seeing them in daylight is does it have rabies? I’m aware of the no fence urine sprays but never thought or heard about using just ammonia. Excellent video. Lots of great info here. I’ve had many of these same struggles. Keeping chickens alive can become quite an endeavor 😁👍👍
Probably not rabies, but most likely babies (see what I did there?). 🤣🐼
After using some urine sprays I don’t like it as much as ammonia. Ammonia will even make rats move out but it’s not great for chickens to breathe it in so that creates a dilemma! It’s definitely an ongoing battle but yeah, we gotta keep these chickens alive! ❤️🐔❤️
I got 15 chickens in spring and over the course of 2 months they all got killed. We dealt with about 7 attacks. First was a stray dog, then a fox, then a raccoon, then weasels until all were gone.. And then a weasel killed one of my rabbits. It was my first time with chickens. I felt so guilty for the longest time and still do a bit. But we tried everything me could.. We are working on building a better coop and run. We are going to try again next year. I am only 12. What an eventful year..
Edit: This video helped me a lot! Thank you!
Oh my goodness that is so hard. I totally understand about the guilt but I do want to tell you that your exact scenario has happened to the best of us, even me! Predators are hard to handle, and so much of what we do is trial and error and tough lessons. I hope you get chickens again and have an awesome set up where you don’t have to worry. ❤️ Good luck!
Welcome to Chickenlandia Thank you!
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We live in the mountains and have all the same predators along with the occasional mountain lion, bear and rattlesnake. About a year and a half ago, we finally invested in a metal carport as a run and put 1/2" hardware cloth on everything, including burying an apron around the whole run. My coop is in the run as well, so they are very safe, especially at night when locked in the coop. It did cost a lot of money, but after almost 20 years of chicken keeping, we decided the investment was worth it and we have had no breeches so far. Since the structure has a solid metal roof the chickens are also protected from the snow and rain, as well as flying predators and they can be outside everyday of the year. It also makes it much easier for me to care for them as I am chronically ill and I was struggling to keep them safe and clean in our previous set up.
Bears and mountain lions are so hard! I hate that hardwire mesh is so expensive. I'm sure if it were more affordable that more people would use it. And yes, having the security is so nice when you aren't feeling 100%! We had the flu last year and it was tough getting up to lock up the chickens!
Thanks so much for watching. :-)
That opening is brilliant!😆👍
LOL thank you!
Great information for a new chicken mom. I was afraid I was going to have to sleep in the coop with my babies.
Hahah I get it!
LOVE the beginning! Your videos are great! I laughed that it's now a chicken neighborhood. lol Great information and I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. :)
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :) Glad I could make you laugh!
I can never get the Raccoons to answer their phones.
I know, right??? It’s like why do they even have phones if it’s gonna be on silent all the time. 🤣❤️🐼
@@WelcometoChickenlandia lol
Great presentation! I'm a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing.
Hahaha ok first of this video was hilarious and I love your editing style. Second. SO NEEDED THIS! We have a huge raccoon and feral cat problem here. Ammonia may be my best option. Great video. Thank you so so much for sharing! - Natalie
Oh yes ammonia will definitely help with that. Just make sure your own cats aren’t effected by it. Keep it on the outside of your fencing if your cats go outside. ❤️🐱❤️
Best opening to a video ever! 😂 We must have bought the wrong netting. The one we used to have tore from the snow.... 2 year olds are like raccoons in many ways. lol
Yes, so many types of netting will collapse in the snow. That’s why I ended up just spending more money and getting the super strong stuff. I hope it holds up over time!
I love your videos! So helpful for a new chicken mom~Tori
Yay!! I’m so glad they are helping. Please ask me anything! I’m here to help. ❤️🐔❤️
Oh my word, hahaha!!! Thank you for always making me laugh!! Great tips! Yah that net is a huge pain but definitely worth the peace of mind. That's awesome that you have friends to help with that, think my friends would be "busy" that weekend, hee hee. Cool tip on the ammonia, never heard of that one.
Hahaha If my friends asked me to do it I surely would be "washing my chicken's hair" that weekend LOL! But yes, they came on THANKSGIVING (they insisted it was okay) and worked for hours and then came the next day again and worked for hours. It was amazing.
The ammonia thing I got from the local wildlife rescue. I called them after there was an attack in my yard. I'm hoping to convince them they need to do some videos with me. I'm wanting to do a whole series on wildlife and how to live with them.
LOL, right?!! Gotta take care of those chicken locks! That would be amazing and really helpful. There is probably a lot more ways that they can teach us to work with local wildlife and still protect our little feather babies. Absolutely, I LOVE your channel! ;)
Thank you! I’m glad you’re here. ❤️🐔❤️
Good information! Never heard of using ammonia before.
I learned it by consulting with my local wildlife rescue and rehab center. It really works. But of course it stinks, so you wouldn’t want to use so much that your neighbors suffered!
PS-I love your perspective on nature and living in harmony with it. It’s so true. They’re animals. We’ve essentially stolen their territory. We ought to do what we can to live at peace with them ... but also protect our goods. Haha nap tough sometimes!
Thank you! Yes I really feel like we should respect all critters. ❤️ I love them all!
Funny love it great information
That net is awesome! You are a wealth of information, I don't have chickens but I love watching them...great video right to the end :)
Thank you! Hmmmm you don't have chickens... We'll have to fix that. ;-)
@@WelcometoChickenlandia LOL Unfortunately they are not allowed in town here, I told Joe we need to move out to the country his response was "I am never moving again" LOL
@@jackieskitchenmore Oh no hahaha! Well I'm happy to have you live vicariously through me. LOL
@@WelcometoChickenlandia I know where to go to get my chicken fix, you are the best! :)
@@jackieskitchenmore Aww thank you! I really appreciate you being here.
your chickens are so cute, I understand predators, my chickens are forced to stay in a covered run during the winter, my one chicken was in her usual spot in the bushes/weeds, and a hawk was easily able to drop from a branch right on top of her, she felt safe there because she and the flock would spend time there when the leaves were there, and because I heard the commotion I ran over there (I had them out because my run collapsed and I was fixingit and did not want them under foot getting stepped or kicked by me), because I was there I was able to scare the hawk away and she only had minor scratches and was okay (I thought she would need to be put out of her misery)but she started to eat after the second day and I knew she was doing okay. now the run is fixed and they are grounded from being out and about until spring. another method is peeing around the coop and run area andmy dog does too. come spring the run will be changed and extra fencing put up to protect them while in the run in the spring/summer. I wont be allowing them out until the afternoon I lost chickens last year because I would let them out in the morning and htey would lay their eggs in weeds and try to hatch them (I have no roo)and I couldnt find them to bring theminto the coop at night so they got attacked. I only found feathers. so no free range until they are done layingtheir eggs in the coop. I lost my rhode island red and my astolorp (my favorite chicken they are so friendly) I lost my molly (polish) because of a hawk i clipped her bonnet so she could see but I dont think her problem was just that she seemed to be dumb, she did not stay with the flock I would find her alone in the yard, so I wont be getting polish as I hate to keep crittors locked up. your chickens are glad to be owned by you. you take your responsilbity seriously and sodo I hence more improvements I need to do this spring. the coop is secure no predators have gotten in there yet. but I do check the coop form time to time to see if any thing has gotten lose or anything chewing holes. so far so good.
I put up a bug zapper in my run. I feel like it scares off predators & free treats. haha
Love your content! I do have a question. I’m getting chicks and have a coop with a run. Wondering if I can just put food and water n the coop and just water n the run to avoid possible mice rats that could possibly get into the run? Or is It necessary to have food n the coop and run?
Really good information. I know we would have to deal with hawks, coyotes, javelinas, and skunks. Probably more but those for sure.
Oh man I have no idea how to deal with Javelina... do they dig? How strong are they?
Skunks mainly go after eggs, chicks, and feed. Luckily they are nocturnal.
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Javelina are about as big as medium size dogs. They do dig and they have four long canines that are incredibly sharp.😬
Yeah I remember coming across them digging through garbage late at night. It’s not a sound I like to hear! I suppose your best bet would be to reinforce fencing with skirted or buried hardwire mesh, and then make extra sure there’s no chicken food or scraps in a place that they can get to at night when they are around. The babies are cute, though lol.
Awesome video! We really haven’t had any problems with predators, but we did see a raccoon in our neighborhood today!
Uh oh!! They are really neat animals but so destructive to chickens. I hope that bandit stays away! Thank you so much for watching. :-)
Hi, Love your show. I have a small side yard with trees and two coops with 18 chickens and a rooster. Its kind of crowded unfortunately. My delima is how to use netting when I have trees after every 5 to 10 fee. Thank you:)
That is a dilemma! I hope you can find a good solution. :-)
Was that a "guess what? Chicken butt" shirt?
🤣 Of course! Chickenlandia has a strict dress code! 🤣❤️🐔
Awww this is so cute...love your drama scenes....ohhhhnooo predators😱😱😭😭😭🐔🐔🐔...you are such a loving being.💝💝💝💝hugs ..
Thank you! I have so much fun creating these videos. I really appreciate you watching them!
We have our first ever chickens still in the brooder inside. We have 5 and our coop is almost finished. The chicks are 2 weeks old and we have tons of raccoons, opossums and coyotes in our area. Raccoons are constantly going into our neighbors backyard, setting off our security lights. My husband has tried to build the coop and run to be completely predator proof and unfortunately we will only be able to let them free range when we’re present in the yard.
Raccoons are so tough. Sounds like you guys know what you're dealing with going in, though!
You have a particular set of skills perfect for hunting down chicken nabbers! Is That flag in the beginning a real thing that exist or just a graphic?
We are working on it becoming a real thing. Right now it’s on a pin. You can see it on my jacket!
@@WelcometoChickenlandia can you spray the ammonia around the perimeter of the fence and if so, how often should it be done
love the intro haha!
Haha thank you! I really enjoy making a fool of myself lol.
I love your channel. Is it safe to leave the windows open in my chicken coop at night if I have hardware cloth over them?
As long as the spacing of the wire is very small and it’s securely attached, I don’t see why that would be an issue! :)
Thankyou
I need a Julie and kris to help me lol good job
Are there any lock styles that you would suggest to help keep raccoons out? I am a beginner and I know what I have is not sufficient - simple wood lever in front of our gate to the chicken run. I don’t want to have to put an actual lock on my gate that I have to fumble with every day if that’s possible.
Great question! I have a barrel bolt up high on my door where a raccoon can't reach it. In the past, I have added a karabiner to an existing latch to reinforce it. You're probably right that the lever will be easy for a raccoon to maneuver. They are so clever, unfortunately!
So if I use a few rags and soak them in the ammonia and hang them up around my chicken yard run, how often will I need to refresh them? And what about rain or when they dry out
We just found scratch marks under the door scratching through the wood so we boarded it up. That is the first sign of an attempt to get in by a predator, is there anything else I can do?
Sounds like you are on the right track! You could reinforce with hardwire mesh but that starts to get expensive. It is the best material, though!
@@WelcometoChickenlandia thanks for answering! We think its rats that are trying to get in to get the eggs and food since the claw marks are very small, and since we have seen some around. I know rats are not good, but Im grateful it might not be raccoons or something dangerous.
Very good information.
Thank you! I haven’t forgotten about getting tagged. Friday on my live all will be revealed lol.
o my gosh four hundred dollars for netting people on a budget would find that hard to budget in.
You’re right, it’s super expensive. Where I live, the fishermen throw out used netting and it’s REALLY strong. They leave it at the marina for chicken keepers to come grab. Other options would be looking for used netting or maybe going on one of the free groups on Facebook. It’s tough.
I wish there were more accessible options but I did want to let people know what I got.
Nice presentation. Human urine applied every 15 inches on the outside of your fence will keep preditors away. This comes from a chicken whisperor lady I know.
I've heard about that! I think that's why ammonia keeps them away as well.
Very educational!
Thank you!
Now you can get your own chickens!
This was really helpful thank you! :) Does Ammonia deter rats as well as larger predators like racoons? I absolutely love that Chickenlandia exists somewhere that " isn't a chicken neighbourhood" 😍 😄 🐓 🦆 💖 They don't know what they're missing!! 🐓 💖
Haha yes my neighbors are amazing but I’m pretty sure they think I’m crazy LOL. Ammonia will deter rats, but the only problem with that is that rats usually hang out pretty close to chickens and you don’t want chickens breathing it in. Your best bet with rats is to remove their food and water source. It’s best to only feed the chooks what they will eat before afternoon time, so that there are no tempting morsels around for rats to enjoy. ❤️🐭❤️
Hardwire mesh with very small openings is another great rat deterrent. And a good, well made coop that they can’t chew through.
Thank you! :)
You’re so welcome! ❤️🐔❤️
Raccoons can chew through chicken wire and plastic.
They sure can!
Thank you Dalia !!! I will do this tonight because I know there are more !!!! Full view till the end ! By the way,,, I should have been checking your channel because your bell was unchecked and I had to unsubscribe and re subscribe to click your bell ! Now I will get to watch all your videos !!!! ~~~~~ Irene
You’re so welcome! I hope it works for you. Raccoons are so cute but so hard to deal with!
Great video
Thank you!
That's true hungry animals can be crafty animals.😬
They can! I know I am when I’m hungry.
@@WelcometoChickenlandia 😆
We had a bobcat tear a coop apart and run off with a chicken.
Omg!!! That is too much. I don’t even know what could be done about that. Was the coop made of wood???
Wow I’ve only seen raccoons at night,!
Yes they are very nocturnal but when they have babies especially they will come around during the day to find food. It’s tough!
Did you say her wife? Oh, my! Won’t be watching anymore.
Yes that’s what I said. Bye! ❤️
What a shame that someone comes here to openly comment about their homophobia instead of just leaving without making a scene.... so sad that people cut themselves off from wonderful people just bc of differences in preference
How ignorant and sad. Good bye is right!
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all!