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RE: How I Keep Predators Out of the Chicken Coop On Our 1/4 Acre Urban Homestead

in #homesteading7 years ago

We actually buried about 2 feet of extra chicken wire we had. My son dug a trench all the way around the edge of the coop area and we stapled the edge to the bottom of the fencing and coop.

We never had a digger get in.. but one time we forgot to lock the main coop door/gate outside and a neighbor's dog got in.. terrorized the poor chickens and ended up killing about 3 dozen birds.

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Ouch, tough break!

Good idea with the wire. Im working on a better door method

We never did figure out the best door method. We just kept adding new locks and bolts at the top of the door.