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Across the Fence:  Coyotes spotted on the property last night  |
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FieldsofThyme
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lora
Alexandria
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 09:45:59 AM
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Kristi,
I hope all is well too. I don't know if coyotes in your part of the world have different behavior than those out here, but we have lots of them and we can hear them at night and occasionally see them out in the fields and such. Typically, they are very skittish and don't want to come near people or homes or such. Just like everything, I'm sure there is an exception, but around here they pretty much only go for things out in the open, away from people and homes. Like I say, I'm sure there are exceptions, especially if there is nothing else out there & they are starving.
CJ
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acairnsmom
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audrey
cheyenne
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 10:45:25 AM
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They coyotes here don't seem to care who lives where. This tree is about 30 feet off of our back door and I think you can tell who is behind the tree. This happened not 15 minutes after I was out in the same area with my little dog Kipper doing his morning bathroom business!
Kristina, I hope you and the goats are all OK.
Audrey
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sjmjgirl
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Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 11:01:36 AM
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We have the same issues going on here in Iowa. There is actually a den near the railroad tracks by my house! Its so close you can hear the pups in the evening. Strange. I think that they are getting used to humans. Praying for the safety of your four legged friends, Kristina!
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sonshine4u
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April
New Prague
MN
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 11:09:40 AM
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We hear them every night....really close to our house.
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 11:21:24 AM
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Kristina,
Hoping that everything is ok and that the coyotes dont come any closer. We dont have them here, but amazingly enought we have fox that could be standing right in your driveway when you pull in at night. It seems that all of the building etc everywhere is just driving them out of their natural habitats and into our backyards...literally!
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 11:27:21 AM
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coyotes can and will adapt to ANY area, big cities to farm/ranch land...I have ALOT of coyotes where I live, and never once in 40 plus years have I lost anything to them, I use comman sense, and non-lethal deterants, coyote rollers on the fences, motion lights, dogs and secure pens/barns for my animals...I have lost to dogs thou, cause they aren't afraid of humans and they ploys, without coyotes we would be destroyed by rodents in our gardens, fields and poultry pens, burrows where livestock legs are broken, etc...try to live with nature, they were here first and we don't want to upset the balence...
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lora
Alexandria
IN
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 1:12:35 PM
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We have a lot of Coyotes here in central Indiana too. We don't mess with them unless they are a direct threat. I am kinda glad they are around. They keep the vermin down and are pretty to look at. We just try to keep our fences mended and things put away that they might be interested in. Since the fire, we only have 2 adult kitties hanging around. Freckles just had 6 kittens in the garden shed, but I don't think the Coyotes can get to her. I'm not sure where Baby sleeps. I think most of the kitties were taken by the coyotes.
Lora
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 7:56:33 PM
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I've seen coyotes in the middle of town, right next to the middle school. Once I saw one trotting through someone's yard at evening. I was walking Boxer on the levee a month or so ago and one crossed our path about fifty yards away. Boxer had his nose to the ground and didn't see it. But he picked up its scent when we got to where it had crossed. I'm wary of coyotes. There's a reason why Native American legends refer to Coyote as the Trickster.
Cindy
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crittergranny
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Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 8:57:36 PM
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Coyotes are very adaptive. Some of them like to come in for an easy meal. And they can be very destructive. They are part of nature and so are we. If they start to come in our territory then we have to protect our own. My grandparents homesteaded this land from 1930 I don't think there are any coyotes out there that are older than that. But really it isn't a matter of who was here first its a matter of leaving each other alone. However it isn't exactly healthy for the coyotes to become over populated. There are a lot more of them around than what people think. Drought upsets the balance somewhat, because some of the littler animals die and the predators get hungrier. I just mind my own business and protect my animals. If your little baby goat is in a pen by itself then it could be at risk. Try closing it up at night and keep an eye on it during the day too, and keep an eye out for tracks or scratching marks around the goat house. Coyotes get bolder as time goes on and will start coming during the day too. They also sense when the man of the house is gone. They're smart. But most of them will stay away it's just that some of them get ideas. Sometimes when they start howling too close like over and over in the same night DH will go out and fire a warning shot and they will keep their distance better for a month or so. I have had dogs that will chase them off but they will also lure dogs out and eat them. Then I have had other dogs that actually try to buddy up with them and call them in. Those kinds I found a new home for in the city. Good luck with your little goat, shes depending on you to keep her safe and you will I'm sure :)
Laura
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
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lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 7:34:39 PM
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 10:21:12 PM
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We leave them alone unless they get too bold. We had one that was lying in the shade watching us work with the horses and wouldn't shoo off. When we went riding, it snuck up behind the horse, so my daughter turned her horse and ran it off. It didn't return, but they are around regularly.
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheila
Virginia
USA
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Across the Fence: Coyotes spotted on the property last night |
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Coyotes spotted on the property last night
