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    A coop built with the floor made of hardware cloth? Dh wants to do it like that......

    We just lost four 8 week olds to a raccoon. We had our coop and pen covered in 1" poultry netting including the top and bottom. A raccoon (we know because it was stalking the cage the next morning) tore a hole in the poultry netting/wire and massacred my babies! It was a horrible scene to...
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    Advice needed about predators & chicken coops

    We just lost four of our six 8 week old girls to raccoon(s)! The girls had only been out of the basement for a week. Every night for that week, I would place them one by one in the coop and lock the hatch. The coop is attached to the pen we built. Saturday night, I decided to leave them in...
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