Chicken entrance

[Crista]

Has anyone tried putting metal on the outside coop wall with an entrance the hens could fly up to? Predators couldn't climb the metal ?
Would owls go in?

 

[curious chickee]

Coyotes can jump 6ft fences and owls can get in if the top is left open. I use poultry netting over the top of my run to keep out predators

 

[scooter147]

If the pop hole is low enough for heavy breeds to fly up to it is low enough for a laundry list of predators to get in.

The only sure way to protect the birds at night is to use a solid pop door with raccoon proof lock and I prefer the lock to be on the inside but realize that's impractical with a lot of housing set ups.

 

[Crista]

Coyotes can jump 6ft fences and owls can get in if the top is left open. I use poultry netting over the top of my run to keep out predators

If the pop hole is low enough for heavy breeds to fly up to it is low enough for a laundry list of predators to get in.

The only sure way to protect the birds at night is to use a solid pop door with raccoon proof lock and I prefer the lock to be on the inside but realize that's impractical with a lot of housing set ups.

Well thank you both. I kinda didn't think it would work either but it was worth a try.