My coop was broken into last night and we lost our favorite true Ameraucana girl. It seems like a raccoon since it managed to OPEN to sliding bolt latch, BUT it took the whole bird, which no carnage anywhere. All we found this morning were feathers. It grabbed a mouthful of silkie feathers, but...
I don't have pictures right this moment (I have a just-turned 2 year old and an 8 month old-- we're pretty busy around here!), but I made two Dine-a-Chook style feeders (LINK for the uninitiated) with threaded tops. I absolutely love them-- the food at the opening is always dry, the chickens...
I have an extremely limited budget and must have hardware cloth around all sides and the top according to city ordinance (that's where most of the budget is going!). I have access to power tools and am all sorts of confident(!), but I need to get this up quickly, mostly by myself, and for as...