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Major Nikon

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12. I was raised on a farm and we had very little trouble with coyotes
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 08:02 PM
Dec 2014

They would take the occasional chicken or two, but other than that they weren't much of a problem and I don't remember any of the surrounding farms with horses and cows having problems with them either. Dogs are a different story. They will run livestock to death just for the fun of it and kill every chicken on the place if they can without eating any of them. That's not to say other people haven't had problems with coyotes if they are in a desperate situation, but in my experience coyotes just don't go after larger game. If you have a concern, keeping a foal inside a barn at night should solve any potential problem.

One potential benefit to coyotes is they may actually keep stray dogs away which are going to be a bigger threat. They are also a native species important to the ecosystem and may also prevent other problems.

Increasingly common... Many areas of southern and western Denver suburbs have large numbers that are hlthe2b Dec 2014 #1
We're just outside Tallahassee Florida csziggy Dec 2014 #2
I have a lot of open fields nearby and used to see the occasional coyote in the wee hours of the AM hlthe2b Dec 2014 #3
Coyotes are really smart so I hope they will learn to respect our area csziggy Dec 2014 #4
well, they are hard to see in the dark ;-) Kali Dec 2014 #5
I don't have anything that could shoot at a distance csziggy Dec 2014 #6
I've seen them in my residential neighborhood, day and night Major Nikon Dec 2014 #7
If we breed our horses again, I ca't afford to even lose one foal csziggy Dec 2014 #10
I was raised on a farm and we had very little trouble with coyotes Major Nikon Dec 2014 #12
I don't mind them as long as they keep their distance from the chickens and cats hedgehog Dec 2014 #8
What's worrisome is he did not seem to be afraid when I yelled at him csziggy Dec 2014 #9
They are common in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #11
Re: lenrely Dec 2014 #13
The coyotes on my farm regularly come within 100 feet of the house and barns riderinthestorm Dec 2014 #14
When I let them take a coyote on the farm we'd seen several dead fawns csziggy Dec 2014 #15
Well, we all got a right. My Chihuahua would digest me if I were dead enough. n/t UTUSN Dec 2014 #16
there is a new species called Coy wolves olddots Dec 2014 #17
Pretty sure they wouldn't be around here csziggy Dec 2014 #18
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