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My chicken door is wide enough for two birds to squeeze through. I have them (mostly) trained to a bell to come in when I want them to, so they tend to crowd through the door. It's really funny to see 3-4 heads poking through the door as they try and get through.

I have 2 retaining walls of 2x12 treated Redwood. Not very visible in the last pic. Angled up from lower left to upper right. That helps alot. Much of the erosion is due to the hens digging a dust pit-even in the rain, yes- right in front of the door.

Well, I got it pretty much finished. Had a few real challenges due to the asymmetry of the build. The hardware cloth was really difficult to lay out, cut and hang on the slope. Above is the notch-out for the2x4, 2x6 and 2x8 that I used for the foundation The hardware cloth apron, secured...

Construction fabric =hardware cloth. Question: Is a 6" considered deep enough bury of hardware cloth for rat/racoon proofing? I am considering wrapping al the way around under the floor of run. Nearly doubles my labor and cost though.

Does anyone have a design for a predator proof (rats, cats, raccoons, hawks) chicken run that is built on a STEEP 30% slope? I plan on using 1/2" PVC with construction fabric, but the angles make for a tough build and a LOT of wasted mesh. Any Ideas? The bottom right corner of pic is 6 feet...