Thank you for the responses and suggestions. We do live in the city and have a fenced yard. We are only allowed 6 chickens (no roosters) in Fort Worth. The only predators that I have seen around here are hawks and owls...and those ferocious squirrels.
The coop stands 8' high as I used the...
As the name implies, we are "NewAtThis". I have built my own coop using a 10' x 10' existing space under our treehouse. I used YouTube videos and this forum to help me design it. We have a dog that would easily tear right through the standard chicken wire. So, I went with a 16-gauge 2" x 3"...