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Electric fencing urged to protect chickens from predators
April 17, 2021
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is urging people raising chickens for eggs or meat to install electric fencing and take other precautions to protect their birds from predators.
“We are already getting reports of bears hitting bird feeders and expect to be receiving additional reports soon about bears, foxes, raccoons, fisher, coyotes, skunks, and bobcats preying on chickens,” Forrest Hammond, Vermont’s bear biologist, said in a written statement on Wednesday. “Many of the calls will be coming from people who are new at keeping chickens and who do not provide sufficient protection for their birds.”
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