Well, place the first wire low enough to the ground to deter the damn chicken egg stealing snakes.
Thai Law re: Soi Dogs
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DailyLunatic
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And high enough to deter the village family.
True that. Caught them more than once going at the pond.
-sterling
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Mongrel dogs are two a penny. I assume that Stargazer's point is that a purebred dog is also capable of inflicting serious injury so we should beware of mongrels and purebreds alike.
The injured hand doesn't look like it belongs to an infant or a child. The injury looks more of a canine tooth slice than a bite - not that it lessens matters.
Approaching a dog's head is unwise, even if it is with the customary back of the hand to allow the dog to sniff it. Judging the dog's "mood" first is important, but even that's no guarantee of safety with a strange animal.
The injured hand doesn't look like it belongs to an infant or a child. The injury looks more of a canine tooth slice than a bite - not that it lessens matters.
Approaching a dog's head is unwise, even if it is with the customary back of the hand to allow the dog to sniff it. Judging the dog's "mood" first is important, but even that's no guarantee of safety with a strange animal.
DailyLunatic
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Wadayaknow?
Wife was all against an Electric Fence (waste of money, I'm scared), until her friends on Facebook all told her what a good idea it was. Now she woke me from my nap to go outside and help set up a temporary fence and test it with a bait bird.
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That's great, but she's riding me that I didn't do it sooner.
-sterling
Wife was all against an Electric Fence (waste of money, I'm scared), until her friends on Facebook all told her what a good idea it was. Now she woke me from my nap to go outside and help set up a temporary fence and test it with a bait bird.
SMH
That's great, but she's riding me that I didn't do it sooner.
-sterling
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Deerculler
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Thailand cannot even get most people to wea a helmet when riding motor cycles.
Nothing will happen about dog control.
You needed approval from the Thai gal gang. LOL
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I lived on a road in the UK with smart houses, but it led to a notorious over-spill estate, and our property was broken into many times from the road at the front and from the playing fields at the rear. I had surveillance cameras, alarms, and video recording equipment. They still broke into the house, and stole one car as well as the contents on several other occasions. I discussed this with the police to no avail. I solved the problem eventually by connecting electric wires to the metal fencing around the property. I was not allowed to connect the wires to a 240 V mains supply for obvious reasons, but I then added signs to the fencing at 1.8 metre intervals saying
"Beware: 240 V electricity current. Touch at your own risk. Risk of deadly shock!"
There was no current but the police were happy with the sign, and the thieving gits didn't bother us again...
If we were to have a problem again here, I would repeat the solution. There are plenty of shops around that can produce vinyl signs to your own spec.
"Beware: 240 V electricity current. Touch at your own risk. Risk of deadly shock!"
There was no current but the police were happy with the sign, and the thieving gits didn't bother us again...
If we were to have a problem again here, I would repeat the solution. There are plenty of shops around that can produce vinyl signs to your own spec.
DailyLunatic
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So, the electric fence will be on in the evenings when the chickens are inside the coop? Once finished I'd love to see some video of the dogs trying to get in and getting a 'shock' of their lives. LOL Does the fencing have intensity levels of electric you can adjust?
We set up a bait bird and test wired around it last night. Wife's idea, I was surprised she wanted to do it.
Unfortunately, I forgot to turn the trail cam back on when I moved it. Hoping they didn't come, but expect we missed it. Bummer.
-sterling.
DailyLunatic
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Well, they came again last night and the trail cam caught them. All three standing about a meter from the wire, looking in at the cage.
Yup, I think they got zapped the night before and know what to expect now.
-sterling
Yup, I think they got zapped the night before and know what to expect now.
-sterling
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No more pics for a while. The Trail Cam (a week old) coughed once, and died. Failed its Saving Throw. Won't even power on.
Cheap Chinese Cr@9!
On the plus side, at about 5:30am this morning, Wife thought she heard a -yelp!- from outside. She ran to the window but didn't see anything.
-sterling
Cheap Chinese Cr@9!
On the plus side, at about 5:30am this morning, Wife thought she heard a -yelp!- from outside. She ran to the window but didn't see anything.
-sterling
Rice
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Put it in the fridge. Then try it. Just when its nice and cold.
DailyLunatic
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No luck. Gifting to BiL, the electrician. Maybe he can use for paperweight or something.
-sterling
Rice
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Heat obviously blew the crappy designed power supply.
Stargazer
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It is a purebred. I just meant any mongrel dog can do the same or worse. The owners (of course) blame it on the bitten boy. “He’s such a sweet, gentle dog.” A friend from India says that Bull Terriers are known to be aggressive, and locals will not adopt them. Re: strange looking bite: I think the dog bit and pulled, ripping the skin off. It happened in the wink of an eye. I now carry a slingshot when out walking.
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Jesus H Christ, enforce rule 7.62.
DailyLunatic
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-sigh-
Apparently even metal hurricane fencing less than a year old and welded to 1x2 square tube cemented into the ground is insufficient to keep the soi dogs out.
Wife forbad the use of the electric wire and today we lost 41 of our chickens. 3 survived, 23 dead, 18 missing. The 18 missing leads me to believe this was either an 'inside job' (human helper) or a pack of dogs. Maybe, but that's a mighty small hole for 18 birds to find in their panic. Maybe. Anyway, this the fourth or fifth time we've been wiped out like this.
We will be buying another 40 or so, but the cockerels I raised from egg will take longer. (Vendor will not sell us males. Bad for repeat business, I guess.) Wife's egg side-line she was so proud of is on a hiatus for a few months.
We are planning to reinforce around the base -and- I will have the electricals installed over Wife's objections this time. (she's afraid she'll get shocked and I was weak and gave in.) This time she's even more blood thirsty and me. Those were her babies.
I've made every effort to protect what is mine, without harming these dogs. 55,000B in the hole for a coop/run/upgrades and now more coming trying to keep these dogs out. This is a different batch from before and I'm personally making noise with the village. I can't keep just throwing money at the problem. Something needs to be done at the root, and I don't think a farang culling the herd will be looked upon kindly.
Wife is heartbroken and weeping openly.
Village leaders say they can do nothing without video. They 'say' that, but I had video before and could point at the dogs in the neighbor's yard and they did nothing, so I don't believe them anymore. Nevertheless, I am buying an 8-channel solar video system with a TB of storage and getting an outdoor repeater because of the weak Wi-Fi signal out at the coop area.
Tired of this SH!T!!!
-sterling
Apparently even metal hurricane fencing less than a year old and welded to 1x2 square tube cemented into the ground is insufficient to keep the soi dogs out.
Wife forbad the use of the electric wire and today we lost 41 of our chickens. 3 survived, 23 dead, 18 missing. The 18 missing leads me to believe this was either an 'inside job' (human helper) or a pack of dogs. Maybe, but that's a mighty small hole for 18 birds to find in their panic. Maybe. Anyway, this the fourth or fifth time we've been wiped out like this.
We will be buying another 40 or so, but the cockerels I raised from egg will take longer. (Vendor will not sell us males. Bad for repeat business, I guess.) Wife's egg side-line she was so proud of is on a hiatus for a few months.
We are planning to reinforce around the base -and- I will have the electricals installed over Wife's objections this time. (she's afraid she'll get shocked and I was weak and gave in.) This time she's even more blood thirsty and me. Those were her babies.
I've made every effort to protect what is mine, without harming these dogs. 55,000B in the hole for a coop/run/upgrades and now more coming trying to keep these dogs out. This is a different batch from before and I'm personally making noise with the village. I can't keep just throwing money at the problem. Something needs to be done at the root, and I don't think a farang culling the herd will be looked upon kindly.
Wife is heartbroken and weeping openly.
Village leaders say they can do nothing without video. They 'say' that, but I had video before and could point at the dogs in the neighbor's yard and they did nothing, so I don't believe them anymore. Nevertheless, I am buying an 8-channel solar video system with a TB of storage and getting an outdoor repeater because of the weak Wi-Fi signal out at the coop area.
Tired of this SH!T!!!
-sterling