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Zusatztext “Interspersed with compelling, often humorous, anecdotes from the author’s own close encounters and near misses with poultry predators, this book encourages responsibility and preparedness in protecting flocks from other animals that naturally find poultry attractive.” — Kathy Shea Mormino, The Chicken Chick® “Finally, a well-thought-out and balanced approach to protecting your flock from predators. Gail Damerow helps you ID the perps with detailed images, charts, and descriptions. Then she helps you outsmart them with specific strategies tailored to each species.” — Laurie Neverman, creator, Common Sense Home " Gail Damerow might well be the Sherlock Holmes of the poultry world, and What’s Killing My Chickens? is a one-of-a-kind ‘detective manual’ that every chicken keeper needs to read. Through the author’s insights, flock owners can figure out what predators to watch for and how to guard against them.” — Roger Sipe, Group Editor, Hobby Farms and Chickens magazines and HobbyFarms.com Informationen zum Autor Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What’s Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. Damerow is a contributor to Chickens and Hobby Farms magazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Visit her online at gaildamerow.com. Klappentext Protect Your Poultry As a chicken owner, keeping your flock safe is your top priority, and few things are as devastating as finding yourself and your birds the victims of a henhouse heist. Gail Damerow's lively and logical detective manual teaches you to be the gumshoe, piecing together the clues predators leave behind – before and after an intrusion – to correctly identify the culprit and adopt the most effective strategies for keeping poultry safe and sound. Vorwort In this detective manual for the poultry owner, best-selling author and chicken expert Gail Damerow shows chicken keepers how to identify which predators are likely to be troubling their flock from the clues left behind, and offers proven strategies for protecting poultry. Zusammenfassung In this detective manual for the poultry owner, best-selling author and chicken expert Gail Damerow shows chicken keepers how to identify which predators are likely to be troubling their flock from the clues left behind, and offers proven strategies for protecting poultry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments On Becoming a Detective Part One: The Offense 1 Scene of the Crime Poultry Predation Egg Predation Blaming the Wrong Critter 2 Who Coulda (or Couldn'ta) Dunnit? Range and Habitat Seasonal Patterns Daily Patterns Predatory Cycles 3 Sleuthing for Clues Eyewitness Evidence Mammal Signs Bird Signs 4 Foiling the Perps Eliminate Point of Entry (Best Plan) Discourage Predators (Good Idea) Eliminate Predators (Bad Idea) 5 Fence Defenses Fence Selection Mesh Fences Electric Fences Secure Gates 6 The Poultry Perspective Vision: Prey versus Predator Reaction to Predators Part Two: The Suspects Hawks and Eagles Red-Tailed Hawk Other Buteos Accipiters Eagles ...
