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If you're afraid if predators now with colder seasons upon us just wait till summer when everyone wakes up hungry!

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@Duck mommy 2019 by the way, you don't have to bury the 1/2 inch hardware cloth apron. Just lay it flat on the ground OUTSIDE the run for the entire run and coop perimeter. It can come in as much as 4 foot wide rolls that can be up to 100 feet long. Connect it to the bottom of the run and coop...

@grandbayou electric fences are a great idea but if OP doesn't have time to place an apron they certainly don't have time to figure out, build, and install an electric fence.

No. They bring in diseases and they eat the chickens food so you're paying for more feed than your chickens use. Dogs are great protectors only if they are properly trained from the time they are pups. If that is something you want there are lots of threads here about types of dogs suited for...

I don't know what else to tell you. You asked how to protect your chickens. You were given advice. You asked about ideas you had instead of the advice you were given. You were given advice about that. Now you say you don't have time to take the advice you asked for. It sounds like you want us to...

No. As I've said, they will simply start by digging under the woodpile rather than the fence line. When they can't dig because of wire in the dirt and grass they eventually give u and look for an easier route. The idea is, don't give them an easier route.

When we talk about a hardware cloth apron we mean one that runs around the coop and run on the outside, not inside.

Btw, don't put wire down on the floor inside. A toe could get caught or a beak. Plus there's no way to dust bathe.

Critters will get close to the closest edge to start digging, in this case the outer edge of wood. They will dig under the wood, then continue under the fence. By putting down hardware cloth connected to the bottom outside edge extending 2 feet out, critters will move in close to the fence and...