Coop, is it secure enough?

RichardK

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May 28, 2016
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Just finished (hopefully) my turkey coop, I do have a few foxes around getting a chicken here and there unfortunately.

I started with one layer of no climb galvanized, added a bird mesh and another layer of no climb to the walls, I have a chain link fence on the ground outside running the perimeter of the exterior part of the coop with large stones holding it down at the base of coop.
Roof is metal bird fencing with bottom layer having an extra galvanized no climb added.
The existing coop I have been adding large rocks and stones to the perimeter to stop anything from being able to dig.
Do you see any weak spots here? These are meat birds and I will be doing this each year sonwould
 
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It looks secure enough for birds you don’t mind losing a few. A raccoon could reach in and grab one. If your worried about it you can always put 1/2 or 1/4 hardware cloth a few feet high to stop stuff from getting through.
 
Is the hardware cloth on the top too? Racoons will climb and Hawks can be pretty heavy. The chicken wire is not strong at all and can be pushed through easily, hence most people use the hardware cloth. I am aware of it being hard to comeby now though. If you have welded wire fence you can overlap that. Your top wire fence looks like it has large openings. You could double it or off set to get small. Just my 2 cents
 

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