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Quote: Yes, my husband spent a whole day altering our rabbit hutch to turn it into a safe coop. He did a great job, it was just a standard redwood hutch and he shortened the legs, reinforced the stance by building a box around the base, built an L shaped perch for the girls to sleep on, and...

Quote: Thank you... Do you know if lime is safe if the chickens were to eat it?

UPDATE/NEW PROBLEM: Just in case you were curious, the raccoon didn't take any more chickens that night. Probably was full from the one he ate. Or leaving the radio on might have helped. I see the error of throwing the dead chicken into the bushes (though it was done in a panic). The raccoon...

Quote: Thank you for this description - I'm going to work hard to keep my girls safe. Of course, after hearing of my night, my husband is starting to question it it is worth it to have them. I think so, of course!

Quote: It didn't have to get in... it grabbed her and ate her head through the chain link. Good news is that we only lost the one. Maybe the radio worked. I also really appreciate the idea about only turning on the electric fence at night. That is something I can do. Maybe put it on a timer...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh! I just read a post about predators not coming near human voices! I'm excited about this, I'm going to go find a radio and put it outside!

Quote: The only thing it ran from was the crazy lady in her pajamas driving a minivan right at it. I was wielding a plastic wiffle-ball bat. (Do raccoons laugh?)

Quote: Does that mean that this one will always check back here? Like, now we are on his mean route? Yuck. I hope I did the right thing by leaving the body out - wherever it landed. Maybe she/he will get full and go away until we can put up some more mesh or something.

It is 1:31am here in California and I woke up to one of my hens clucking loudly about 2 hours ago. A raccoon had just eaten the head of her friend and she wouldn't leave it's side. I could see the raccoon, and I threw everything I could at it, but it wouldn't leave. Of course, I could see the...