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I am looking for recommendations on keeping the chickens out of the raised beds. Would a 4ft chicken wire fence work? It would not have a perch. Would 5ft be better? We had a black netting but that fell and they got right in. Thankfully there hasn’t been much going on, vegetable wise in there...

Yea you’re right, so under the roof is like a thick, bendy, clear plastic-y material. I can remove it and replace with hardware cloth. The door on the coop itself is mesh on top and that same clear plastic material on the bottom, I can do the same here and remove the thick plastic and replace...

We did that already

Those are my main concern! We’re in a very suburban area with no other big threats. They are little sneaky buggers

We have this coop and then attached a large run to it and predator proofed/reinforced everything. So inside there is 17sqft and there are windows on either side but I still think it would be too hot to lock them in there for a few days to “home” it. The run we made and attached is 9’x13’, which...

Great! Yes our run is predator proof as well. Thanks so much!

Yes! The coop has a large run attached so it’s plenty big. However now I am wondering if they will know to get into their house each night or do I have to coax them in?

This is my first flock and was wondering if I can put my 4 chicks outside overnight at 4weeks? We’re in Southern California and it’s been 90 during the day, and about 65 at night. The brooder is currently in the garage, where it gets unbelievably hot, and I move them to the coop outside each day...