predator apron

  1. M

    Hardware cloth under entire run?

    Hi everyone, Is it necessary to put hardware cloth underneath the entire run to deter predators (mainly rats)? We had a rat problem years ago and are restarting our flock and really want to do it right. I’m adding an extension to our existing run - 4ftx10ft - and that is hardware clothed all...
  2. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Need Help Planning New Coop and Run

    My husband and I are unexpectedly having to move, and with a short timeframe, he won't be able to build a coop/run like he did for our flock the first time. This makes me anxious, because what he built was a fortress that has kept my girls safe for going on 6 years. The only pre-made coop/run...
  3. Sunshine_Amy

    Will an aproned chicken tractor keep out weasels?

    Hi everyone. I'm looking at a simple chicken tractor design (here) that has an open-bottom coop. I'm going to need to modify it, but I find the idea of not having a coop floor to clean (with roosts above the ground/grass) very appealing. The creator claims years of success with this coop, but...
  4. P

    Summer tractor design for 18 layers

    I'm looking for design help. We currently have a fixed coop, but I want to make a tractor so we can move our chickens around to greener pastures when it's warm enough. We will use electric poultry netting for the run (and let them free range when they're far enough away from the lead paint...)...
  5. electrycmonk

    Reboot?

    Woke up this morning rather early (unnaturally so) and realized …. If I could back up and restart “x” what would I wish I’d know to ask about…. Simple baby step type stuff…. so I thought do we have a sticky “welcome packet” type thread that’s kinda like a table of contents? It’s one thing to...
  6. S

    Predator apron help

    I need some advice! I’m working on building the run for our chicken coop and have a question about securing it from digging critters. I’m using two sides of an already existing fence (see picture). I can’t lay a predator apron on the other side of our fence (neighbor’s property) but will have...
  7. crlove25

    Predator Apron Material

    Hi, We are in the building process of our run and I have watched videos about using hardware cloth for the apron around the run. My husband wants to use left over chicken wire that we have. Will the chicken wire be enough to use as a predator apron?
  8. Gertie Greenbriar

    Do I need a predator apron if my coop is sitting on cinderblock foundation?

    Hello everyone. So I am renovating an old outbuilding style shed/barn into my chicken coop. It is about 10x15 in size. I was wondering if I need a predator apron to keep digging predators out. The inside of the coop is dirt floor, but the footer, or whatever it is called, (what the building...
  9. Gertie Greenbriar

    Predator apron for chicken coop from re-purposed chain-link fence?

    Hello! I am currently working on turning an old barn-style outbuilding on our property into a chicken coop. It is quite an old building, but it has good bones, decent foundation (buried double stacked cinder-block and reinforced with poured concrete) and dirt floors. I recently got a whole lot...
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