think ive said this before, getting old cant remember. I just rolled wire out on the ground and built my coop and run on top of it. they cant dig in then, and im to lazy to dig a trench in 2 years ive only lost 1 chicken and 0 ducks. so far. knock on wood.
the wire is 2x4 but on the bottom 2 1/2 ft I put 1/2x1 over it. I cant figure out how it got in, last night I locked everyone in the coop and put a trap in the run. by 10 oclock I had caught the little killer .today I added 1/2x1 wire everywhere that it wasn't already
lost one of my ee's last night. all encased in wire. have no idea how it got in. tonight I locked everyone up. put a trap with dogfood in run at sunset. by 10 o'clock I had caught a raccoon. now I still have to figure out how it got in. i'll put the trap out for the next few nights.