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Can I tell you a story to make you feel better about the time and $$? Knock on wood (and welded wire, and hot wire and my farm dog and my barn) I've never had an attack. My 2 neighbors and 1 friend, not so lucky. Each time they lost a goat or chicken or 2, they did the minimum. Neighbor 1, 2...

If it was me, and I had that money to spend, that is what I would do to be super safe. You've already lost so much.

IMO, you could use chain link, however, a raccoon can and will reach through that and chicken wire to get a chicken. Might be just fine if you offset and doubled up the chicken wire too to make the openings smaller. Re chain link, I board and train dogs and have seen dogs bend and rip the cheap...

IMO for 1 coyote, fox, yes, heavy gauge HWC if it is very securely nailed, (not staplegun) to your 2X4's. And is digproof by way of buried HWC or a skirt. If you can't pull it off, they can't either. We all do the best we can do.

What got them is sure a mystery. Wish you had a nanny cam! If you wanted to set a trap... To prevent digging, if you don't want to trench the whole coop/run you could lay down the HW cloth as a "skirt" that lays parallel with the ground. Most go out 18-24", nail it down with yard nails, tent...

I'm so sorry for your loss. I don't know where you live or how coyotes behave in your area. Here, they run in large packs over a known hunting area, sneak around and hit a property. Mass murder style, or the little dog they noticed in a backyard overnight. You're on the right thread to research...