Why Predators Keep Showing Up at Your Chicken Coop | David Mizejewski
Poultry Nerds: Backyard Chickens, Quail & Hatching Eggs

Why Predators Keep Showing Up at Your Chicken Coop | David Mizejewski

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 17, 202647 min
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  • Science

send us an email and be sure to include your address so we can respond! Why do raccoons, snakes, hawks, and other wildlife keep appearing around a chicken coop? Sometimes the chickens are not what attracted them first. National Wildlife Federation naturalist David Mizejewski joins Jennifer and Carey to explain how spilled feed, rodents, habitat, and easy access can turn a poultry area into a predator destination. Drawing on more than two decades of wildlife education, David helps us look beyond simply blaming the predator and understand what is happening around the coop. ...

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They'll emit a stinking musk to try to drive you away if you're threatening them, And if all else fails, they'll keel over on their back and stick their tongue out and play dead. Kind of like possum.

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And they're total fakers, like you can flip them over and they'll be like, nope, they're still there. And they'll flip back over on their back and play dead. So.

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