Started with 8 geese and now I'm down to five. Coyote ate 3 and about 30 ducks From the middle of April till the end of May. But I have cured that problem. No I didn't shoot the coyote. I instead lock everyone up at night. Wow! Did it take me a long time to come up with that one or what? I slept in my car, in the driveway for 4 weeks trying to catch the coyote and the night I fell asleep to the steady rhythm of Bernard’s snores, I woke to find my 3 foot gander attacked. He actually cried. I saw tears roll from his eyes. At that moment I declared war on the varmint. I didn't sleep anymore. Me and several friends set up all around the yard, all night long. No matter where it came from we had it covered. We were ready but still could not catch it. We saw it every night but it seemed to see us first and flew away. It came at various hours between 12am-8am. We usually seen it around 5am Then one day my Aunt Judy wrote that her friend locks all their birds up at night and I knew that was what I should have been doing all along. Freedom! Freedom! Free them. The few left are all alive and well and secure and free all day long. And I'm back in my bed at night.
Securing your birds at night is good. We keep our chickens inside a chicken coop at night and let them out during the day. Just like Aunt Judy. We had hawks and pizotes attacking during the day so then had to confine them to the garden, even during the day - but we live in the forest. You're in town!
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