Hello,
I'm just finishing up my first chicken coop. It is an 8 X 8 coop with an 8 X 16 attached run with a roof. I have used 1/2" hardware mesh for the run. The hardware mesh starts at the top cap of the wall which is about 6 feet tall. It extends to the ground and is then buried 1 foot down and out. The roof hangs out over the top of the wall about 1 foot. Where the top of the run framing meets the roof joists on the inside of the run, there is about a 6 inch opening without any hardware mesh. This is present on the long sides of the run but obviously not the ends as there is no roof overhang to create this gap. Is this gap something that I need to be concerned with in terms of safety from predators? I am a chicken newbie and am not sure. I feel like I have constructed about as safe a chicken home (coop and run) as I can, but didn't really account for this space until I was walking through it today. Thoughts anyone????
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I'm just finishing up my first chicken coop. It is an 8 X 8 coop with an 8 X 16 attached run with a roof. I have used 1/2" hardware mesh for the run. The hardware mesh starts at the top cap of the wall which is about 6 feet tall. It extends to the ground and is then buried 1 foot down and out. The roof hangs out over the top of the wall about 1 foot. Where the top of the run framing meets the roof joists on the inside of the run, there is about a 6 inch opening without any hardware mesh. This is present on the long sides of the run but obviously not the ends as there is no roof overhang to create this gap. Is this gap something that I need to be concerned with in terms of safety from predators? I am a chicken newbie and am not sure. I feel like I have constructed about as safe a chicken home (coop and run) as I can, but didn't really account for this space until I was walking through it today. Thoughts anyone????
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