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    Future Tractor Coop

    It's a 6x5 foot trailer that will house 6 hens for next spring. I plan on 4 foot walls and a 4/12 pitch roof. The trailers axle is close to the ground so I plan on the run being strictly off the back of the coop, 12x5 foot. I'll be able to move it daily 8 months out of the year but December...
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    Coop at night! Close door?

    That was brave of you! I live in on 10 acres in the north woods and have seen more fox in broad daylight this summer than ever before. Coyotes howl every night and coons, possums, minks, bobcats, skunks and bears prowl around after dark. It's hard to keep a bird feeder in one piece around here.
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    Coop design

    You know I forgot about where the roof joins the walls; there will be hardware cloth covered openings there.
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    Coop design

    I have a 5'x6' trailer that was a pig roasting bbq that I plan on building a tractor coop on for 6 hens. I want to build 3' walls with a 4.5' at the peak steel roof with a roof vent along the 6' length. Gable vent at both sides. Will this be enough winter ventilation? It will have a 2'x4'...
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    Coop at night! Close door?

    I'd close it up tight either by hand or an auto door. My concern, in my experience with minks, is they kill at night and can get through tiny openings. I'm sure a coon could get through the chicken wire given a little time to think it through. Beautiful set up you have there.
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    Hi From Michigan

    Thanks for the youtube and state links.
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    I lost the last 7 of my 3 year old Plymouth Rocks to a mink who slashed the throat from beak to the breast a few winters ago. Quite a shock going to water and feed them. He had the guts to hang around for a week or so afterwards but I could not trap or shoot him. I've had a couple of ermine...
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    Hi From Michigan

    Hey everyone. I'm from up near Mackinaw in Michigan and am getting into chickens after being away for 10 years. I had Plymouth Rocks for a few years until a mink killed them all one winter night. They were very hardy and good layers and well behaved. This time around I'm building a tractor...
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