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Chicken wire is designed to keep chickens IN - not to keep predators out. If you hang out on BYC long enough, you'll begin to see lots of posts of raccoons, dogs, foxes, etc. tearing through (generally in a corner section) chicken wire and flocks being obliterated. A lady down the...
But do keep in mind that deer netting, bird netting, and chicken wire will NOT keep out raccoons. So I would highly recommend that you continue to close up your pop door at night. Or look into buying an auto door w/a timer. Now if you went with the hardware cloth, or some other strong wire...