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I have small wire around the bottoms of my runs and besides garter snakes, the bull snakes don't mess with my chickens. They do live under the coop sometimes and eat the mice but they don't bother the birds. I did have a small garter get into my Sumatra pen once and I had to...
Also, make sure you clear all brush & stuff away from your coop...tall grass, overhanging tree limbs, etc all create places for a predator to safely "work" at getting in while under cover. I do have a large shade tree but it's too far away for something to use to get into the coop. I also have a...