Chickens dig tunnels?!?

[aart]

Why, yes.....yes, they can.

Have never had one actually get out, but only because of the outer apron.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/excavation-by-birds-a-word-of-warning.1086535/

 

[dotporter]

Why, yes.....yes, they can.

Have never had one actually get out, but only because of the outer apron.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/excavation-by-birds-a-word-of-warning.1086535/

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[rosemarythyme]

I always thought they were just digging potholes so I'd step in one, break my ankle, and then they could eat me... silly me, they're actually trying to tunnel and escape...

 

[A.M. Eggs]

I have dug a 1' trench around my fence and placed wire all the way down. This has prevented my hens from digging their way out and from predators too.

 

[mountain chicken]

chickens from Alcatraz .

 

[HuskerHens18]

I'd fill the hole, put a wire skirt on the inside of the run and cover it over a bit.

I should be able to cover the

Through concrete?
Why wouldn't concrete work if there was enough bedding kept on top of it? Remove the old bedding when it needs it, hose it all down, and start all over.

That's what I'm working on. My Farm is super old and an old barn is built on solid concrete. I am one day going to build another chicken coop In its place and have an easy clean floor. Currently all my coops are on dirt. The coop floors are wood but the runs are dirt

 

[twilightgecko]

good to know.. i skirted the fencing flat and buried it with rocks and dirt.. i sure hope they don't figure out how to escape.. i live with foxes about, so they only free range when i'm home and outside..

 

[HuskerHens18]

I just discovered this, too!! I found two of my chickens this morning meandering around the run even though the coop was locked up for the night...further investigation led me to discover a tunnel they had dug under the sand box beneath their roosts, the entry to which was obscured by their plastic feed tubs!!!! The tunnel stretched a few feet under and out into the coop behind the bench and treat area.

Seriously, chickens?!?! They've even started to dig a hole under the front door of the run to the outside world. It turns out that chickens' worst predators might be themselves.

Oh geez!!! You have naughty chickens!!! My temporary hole blocks only lasted three hours I went and found ollllld shingles and have made my own skirt around the coop, again only temporarily.

 

[Goldenrod1210]

Chickens dig holes?? Wow

 

[Barbs Girls]

I must say...this is providing the best entertainment I have had in awhile and I am not going to spend tomorrow morning figuring out how to make my coop and run escape proof!!! Who would have thought!!