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If the coons figure out that combination lock we are all in trouble.We used to lose chickens to the coons when I was a kid. We had an 8 foot high fence around the coop and they could climb it, no problem.
I can still remember going out to gather eggs only to find half of a chicken in the nest box.
My Dad finally figured out (as has been mentioned before) a simple hook and eye lock isn't sufficient. I think he decided that if I (the kid) could open the lock the raccoon could probably figure it out too.
With the last chickens we had a couple of years ago, I actually put a combination lock on my hen house and never had a problem, and I know for a fact we have coons around here, because I managed to catch THREE at one time in a live trap once.
Now days grandma would kill grandpa for killing one of her chickens and trying to eat it.Dogs for us... I remember my Grand had chickens too. She killed one of her dogs for killing her chickens. She was a farmer and dogs that kill livestock are not tolerated.
Has anyone tried Nite Guards? I had a lady in Tx who runs a million dollar operation and is a judge, tell me that she swears by them.
http://www.niteguard.com/
I think I am going to try some.
Snakes also get through chicken wire and eat eggs and smaller chicks. I had one try to eat a 4 month old guinea only to kill it and spit it out because it was too big. That was years ago but now I use Chainlink covered with hardware cloth. I have tried my best to protect my chickens and so far so good. I lock them in the coop at night which is also made of wood and hardware cloth. Something is going to have to work really hard to get into my coop now.
Make sure that guests know the chickens are free ranging and not to let your dogs out without supervision. So sad about our baby chicks. So very sad.