We are doing a full enclosure with a roof (or so that's the plan). I hate snakes!! and we do have black snakes here. We have a fox, but I have never seen him/her in the yard. I have never seen any raccoons in our area but are planning like there are. We are using small gage hardware cloth...
I'm new to chicken life, and have read all your post. I have chicks and am in the process of deciding how to build the run and coop. I'm in the suburbs of MD and my biggest concerns are snakes, rats and eagles and hawks as we live very close to water. We have a fox, in the neighborhood, my...