Solar Nite Eyes Predator Protection System

How Do I Protect My Backyard Chickens from Predators?

When raising chickens, ducks, geese, or game birds in your backyard or on your farm, the threat of predators damaging your flock is a consistent reality. A pesky critter can quickly injure or kill several birds leaving you angry and distraught. However, with proper preparation and some basic equipment, you can significantly limit and nearly eliminate the risk of predators attacking your prized birds. You can protect your backyard chickens from predators using the Solar Nite Eyes™ Predator Protection System.

Even the most stable and sturdy of backyard chicken coops and hen houses may still have weakness. Often times, physical protection isn't enough from the wide variety of poultry predators and their ingeniously honed infiltrating skills. Animals such as raccoons and opossums have been known to burrow under walls, break netting and mesh, and even open latches or lids. With the Solar Nite Eyes™ Predator Protection System, you can add a psychological layer of protection to the scenario, supplementing your chicken coop with a natural poultry predator deterrent.

Do you have predators such as raccoons, opossums, skunks, badgers, bears, wild boars, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, fox, owls, hawks, bats, wolves, or other natural enemies of poultry in your area? If so, it may only be a matter of time until you find your flock being threatened. These critters will sense a potential food source nearby, and may attack with reckless abandon. However, you can defend against these predators with the Solar Nite Eyes™ Predator Protection System.

How Does the Solar Nite Eyes™ Predator Protection System Work?

This ingenious design combats predators using a simple yet incredibly effective concept. The most common threats to domestic poultry are nocturnal, primarily stalking and hunting your flock under the cover of darkness. These animals want to hunt and feed at night, without being detected by other predators, their prey, or humans. Even the slightest of disruptions or uncertainties in their evaluation of a target will cause them to hesitate or abandon their attack and flee to an easier and safer alternative.

The Solar Nite Eyes™ Predator Protection System creates this disruption by artificially mimicking a very real threat, the set of eyes of another predator. The flashing, high-intensity red lights creates the simple element of the unknown is all it takes to protect your flock.

This concept is simple, elegant, and highly effective. Using small lights to mimic a predators eyes has even been used to control pesky Canadian Geese with great results. This really works, and the product manufacturer guarantees that you will agree! It even works at repelling deer, which can eat gardens and trees.

Solar Nite Eyes™ Predator Protection System FAQs

1. How does the Solar Nite Eyes™ work?

The Solar Nite Eyes™ has small solar panels to create a maintenance free device. There are no batteries to change and the unit operates automatically without you needing to turn it on or off. The Solar Nite Eyes™ is off during the day, charging its power, and will turn on at dusk to deter predators. Its solar panels are at the top of the unit, and will automatically charge the device when exposed to sunlight. The Solar Nite Eyes™ utilize high-intensity red LEDs that which project a piercing flash, easily noticeable to predators in the area. The LED's have a life of 50,000 hours so there is never a need to change bulbs.

2. How long will it take to charge the Solar Nite Eyes™?

The Solar Nite Eyes™ is will be shipped to you with a partially charged battery. However, we recommend you charge the unit for 3 full days in direct sunlight prior to installing the device. This will bring the unit up to or near a full charge. To maintain proper operation, the unit needs to be installed so the solar panel is facing up and unobstructed from the direct rays of the sun.

3. How long will the Solar Nite Eyes™ work?

When used correctly, the Solar Nite Eyes™ will operate maintenance free for up to 3 years. To ensure maximum life, it is imperative to place the unit in direct sunlight so it may fully recharge daily. If deployed in the winter, be sure to wipe excess snow off the solar panel.

4. How far does Solar Nite Eyes™ reach?

The Solar Nite Eyes™ can be seen up to 2000 feet if unobstructed at eye level. The intensity of the flash is set to have maximum effect on night time animals to instill fear and cause them to flee.

5. What animals fear the Solar Nite Eyes™?

Almost all animals the hunt or feed at night will fear the Solar Nite Eyes™. The set of Red flashing lights mimics a set of eyes, this causes animals to flee the area and seek another area where they are not being watched and fell less threatened. This includes fox, bobcats, coyotes, opossum, raccoons, bear, cougar, mountain lion, wild boar, mink, skunk, and owls

6. What is the warranty on the Solar Nite Eyes™?

The Solar Nite Eyes™ comes with a 1 year Warranty against defect.

7. How do I mount the Solar Nite Eyes™?

The Solar Nite Eyes™ has two mounting tabs at each end of the unit. Use a small screw or nail to mount to your post. Be certain not to hit the unit with a hammer if using nails.

8. Does the light only work in one direction?

Yes, it is one directional and has an approx. 30 degree angle of sight as one moves to the right or left away from it. This explains the need for spacing between lights.