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You are on the right track reinforcing the chicken wire. Keeping fowl of any kind can have a steep learning curve, and raccoons are some of the toughest, most determined predators to keep out. All the best to you and enjoy your new hobby! :)

Electric fence is a good start, but it sounds like you need to work on further coop/run security. If you can post pictures of your setup, we can help you find weak spots and make suggestions as to how to strengthen them.

I don't use it around my chicken coop, but it does wonders for keeping them out of the sweet corn. Before we started fencing it in, the buggers would get in there the night before we would pick it, and destroy most of it. (I have no idea how they always know when it's ready...) After we started...