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Coons are still out there, but did not nor will not get to my hens! I had one hen out of five left when I put in the hardware cloth over the top of the enclosure. BTW, we used an old 8ft by 26ft long dog run the previous owner installed behind our garage for our enclosure. We waited a month to...

To end this story, it was a vicious raccoon. I had used chicken wire on the top of the enclosure. Now when the hen goes inside her house, I close her door & remove the stairs. I also replaced the top with hardwire cloth. I used 16 gauge wire to hold the seams together. Havent had a problem...

any idea how to deter raccoons from coop? I don't have a trap

After I read your response, I realized I did Not use hardwire on the top! I used hardwire for the house windows. We bought both kinds of chicken wire because we built a temp coop for the garage when they were younger. That's what you get for being cheap! Im going to buy more hardwire cloth...

Lost three chickens outta five within 36 hours inside the coop!( I use coop & enclosure interchangeably.) Anyway we used the"dog run" that came with our house,its at the back of yard and turned it into a chicken coop. Basically a 9"x24"- 4 sided fence with concrete floor, built the hen house...