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I prefer not to kill local wildlife as well. The best solution to that is 1.not leave any food available at night. 2. Keep your poultry in a safe pen at night, by safe, I mean Fort Knox. Where I live we have weasels, although I have never seen one, I lost several cats one year to them. Weasels are capable of getting through a 1" hole. Build for weasels and you are safe from coons,ect. 3. Don't use "chicken" wire for anything,except maybe the top of a run. Its not strong enough to keep predators out. Once your local coons satisfy themselves that they can't access your poultry, they will still check just to make sure you didn't forget to shut them in, but they won't waste much time beating a dead horse. It also helps if you make the bottom couple of feet of your run solid, so predators can't see the chickens. Then sit back and enjoy the nighttime wildlife as well as your chickens.Thanks i'm sad i should just "dispose" of it i'm not big on killing any animals.![]()