Can raccoons open quick links?

[nuthatched]

I'm trying to decide between a padlock and a quick link for locking my pop door.
Can coons open quicklinks?

 

[roosterhavoc]

I'm trying to decide between a padlock and a quick link for locking my pop door.
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The quick link will get annoying after awhile as it gets rusty. The padlock will be annoying all the time. I say quick link but replace them often.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'm trying to decide between a padlock and a quick link for locking my pop door.
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I la-la-LOVE my combination locks! Had them for years. No problems with them. No lost keys. And no raccoons!

 

[blackdog043]

I use snap links, haven't had any problems. Thought about quick links but they would get annoying to me and you have to keep the threads from rusting up.

 

[nuthatched]

The quick link will get annoying after awhile as it gets rusty. The padlock will be annoying all the time. I say quick link but replace them often.

Rust isn't a huge problem where I live, so this might work, a padlock would get tedious.

 

[3KillerBs]

I mostly use ordinary carabiners, but I have two latches on my doors both to make sure there are no gaps due to warping and to add that extra step to the problem of getting it open.

You can see how I stored the two carbiners while remodeling.

And this door was warped so it's not just insurance here.

 

[Mmanist]

I la-la-LOVE my combination locks! Had them for years. No problems with them. No lost keys. And no raccoons!
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I second these. But I use dog leash clips on my coop

 

[roosterhavoc]

I don’t use any kind of carabiners, snap or quick links. I do use plenty of these though.

 

[Beeottfirst]

The quick link will get annoying after awhile as it gets rusty. The padlock will be annoying all the time. I say quick link but replace them often.

I use Snap clips in latches for all doors except the chicken entrance to the run from free range( automatic door) and the chicken door into the coop( a drop door on a string that I can operate from outside the run and coop). I love Snap clips and use them for gate cable/chains: to hold temporary fencing together, etc. I have not had a coon in any chicken yard since I enclosed my free ranging patch with electric fence. I made the mistake of allowing the chickens to range in the wilderness behind my area and within 20 feet of me a bobcat took one of my chickens so that is an unsafe practice I have stopped.

 

[Beeottfirst]

I don’t use any kind of carabiners, snap or quick links. I do use plenty of these though.
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What is that called and how does it work?