Birds in coop

[Ducksandchickens]

Since it is spring, we are getting robins and other small birds in our chicken coop. We take the nests down but they are persistent and keep building new nests! Does anyone know how to keep them out?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Since it is spring, we are getting robins and other small birds in our chicken coop. We take the nests down but they are persistent and keep building new nests! Does anyone know how to keep them out?

How are they getting in? Are your eace openings covered? Is your run covered? What material(s) are in place as far as wire types? Do you leave the run open to allow the flick to range?
If those birds can get in, so can other predators and pests.....

 

[Ducksandchickens]

How are they getting in? Are your eace openings covered? Is your run covered? What material(s) are in place as far as wire types? Do you leave the run open to allow the flick to range?
If those birds can get in, so can other predators and pests.....

Well it’s covered. The birds are so small that they slip through the chicken wire we have all around the coop. The coop used to be a wooden play house but we leave the door open so they can get out and in when ever the please. Chicken wire is covering the run. Overhead too. Some of the birds just slip through so I was wondering if anyone had other suggestions on keeping them out

 

[Folly's place]

Hardware cloth will keep predators out, which is most important. It will also keep the songbirds and mice out, a good thing. Songbirds bring in mites and lice, and can bring in diseases if they are ill.
Chicken wire keeps chickens in, but is a waste of money and time, offering them zero protection.
Mary

 

[Ducksandchickens]

We have used hardware cloth before and raccoons have gotten through it. At least where we live at. Thanks for the suggestion though

 

[Folly's place]

Did the raccoons chew through it, or tear it away from it's attachments?
Mary

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Hardware cloth will keep predators out, which is most important. It will also keep the songbirds and mice out, a good thing. Songbirds bring in mites and lice, and can bring in diseases if they are ill.
Chicken wire keeps chickens in, but is a waste of money and time, offering them zero protection.
Mary

X2

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Both. Mostly chewed but some part of it was teared

 

[Folly's place]

That's why mine is so well secured, and covered in woven wire too.
Mary

 

[Ducksandchickens]

That's why mine is so well secured, and covered in woven wire too.
Mary

Mine is secure too. Do I need to add the cloth to the outer part of the chicken wire? I still want my girls to see though