That is a great idea! Same as what I did with the chicken wire at the bottom of the fence to keep predators out, but instead it is at the top to keep the dumb chickens in!
Ok. So I see your point. Last night we brought home the two cuckoo marans, and they were outside of the the coop, roosting at the top of the 4 foot fence in the garden area, where the grapes grow on the fence. It took us almost an hour to find them...
Regardless... The plan as of now, is to...
This is why it is such a hard decision. I don't want to put up a third fence to achieve 6 feet, when the same thing is going to keep happening.
But I know for certain that if I had to fence in the overhead areas- I would need to take down the first and second fence I already have put in, and...
I am thinking that I should run the fence and make it 6 foot high, and also move the coop into the center. I moved it to where it was so that it would get shade earlier than the rest of the coop area though...
Good afternoon! Above is a picture of our chicken coop area as it is right now. We decided to get chickens a few months ago, and have been working on this area of our life endlessly. Despite our hard work, we found a chicken dead this week... We are pretty sure that she jumped up onto the coop...