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tveguy3 said: Do they come during the day time? Usually coyotes around here hunt at night, and the chickens are locked into their house for the night. In the summer when I sleep with the windows open I can hear their screaming howls, most often around 1 or 2 a.m. I have on one occasion seen one during the day wondering through the yard. I never let the chickens free range in the winter, there's nothing to free range on, no bugs or vegetation.

Yes, the coyotes come here during the day. Both times they have attacked our chickens was between 4:00 & 5:00 pm & a friend of my father saw one leaving our yard at 7:30 am one day. I have also heard them in the yard at night & have found 2 sets of tracks & scat on several occasions.

I grow a lot of brassicas that survive the winters here & the chickens love them. They also enjoy taking dust baths under a couple of boats my father has in the yard. They had a routine working their way around the yard & back to their pen. They kept this routine for 6 years undisturbed until last year.