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I may have to do that then. I don't want my birds crowded! The coop is probably about 20 square ft so just shy of what I need.. with about 10 linear ft of roost. However after my flock got attacked, the 3 survivors have been hanging out in the rafters of the coop, which I guess kind of gives...

My apologies, I meant the open areas in the coop are excessively hardware cloth. The roost is wood. I'm told the coop was designed to house 12 birds. I have 7 in there currently, and am planning an expansion in the next year or two.. it's allegedly big enough, but I feel like they need more room.

Honestly, I don't like shooting living things. I target shoot for fun, but have never hunted. I actually got a little depressed when I shot a woodchuck that was digging around my coop. But when it is between my family and pets or whatever is harassing them, you better believe I'm taking that...

I have washers under every screw in the coop. And I'll use some steel wire to better secure the hardware cloth. I'm sure o have some around somewhere.. if not, ill get some. I wanted to get everything in place, and now I'll make sure everything is more secure. Thank you for the idea. As for the...

Thank you for the idea! I didn't initially secure around there with hardware cloth because I didn't have the swing initially, and I keep the chickens in the coop overnight, but I have additional cloth that I can put around that area. We also live in an area plagued with rocks everywhere, so I...

What is your recommendation for over the top of the coop that raccoons will have a harder time with? The coop itself is exclusively hardware cloth, so I figured that would be sufficient, but I am always open for improvement

I believe Sun Tzu said something about if you know your enemy, you need not fear the result of 100 battles. So hopefully you know raccoons enough to see my coop through a raccoon's eyes even if you're not one! Haha Thank you for the critique! I plan on adding some additional zipties around just...

Hello all! Over the past several days, I have tried to incorporate as much advice as possible from this group and forum. The only thing I haven't really done is electrified my coop. I'm hoping you all can critique the changes I've made to the coop and tell me if you think this is adequately...