Yeah, this is going to be tricky -- soil moisture is completely non-existent in the desert.
They started 3 feet from the run. There's like a 2-foot gap between the outer chainlink fence and the fence around the run. The first time they came, the coyote dug under the chainlink, then dug another...
Thanks all for your replies. We're going to get an electric fence and add hardwire cloth to the floor of the run. Plus, we're turning off the automatic chicken door and waiting until we get back from walking the dogs to let the chickens out of the coop. I'm really hoping that will keep our birds...
Hi Everyone, I’m in a bit of a quandary here as I can’t seem to keep coyotes out of our run.
Our property has a chain-link perimeter fence and the run has its own wooden fence. As suggested, I dug down about a foot deep and attached wire mesh to secure the base of the run fence.
In addition...