Coop kit warning

[chanceosunshine]

My daughter-in-law has one of those small coops that TSC sells that you assemble with a small run and a nest box that hangs off the back of the coop. She added hardware cloth all around and on the bottom to secure it and she tacked down the roofing with extra nails because she had read about critters ripping the roofing off.
Saturday night a huge coon (she saw it the next night when it came back and took a duck carcass) ripped the bottom of the nest box off and went in a killed everything. Apparently the bottom is made that you can remove it to clean the nest box area. He must have pushed it up, even with the weight of the ducks and chickens sitting on top of it.
I'm passing it along as a warning. I feel so bad for her. She did all she thought that was necessary to keep them safe. What a heartbreak.

 

[N F C]

So sorry to hear of your DIL's losses.

Thanks for sharing the coop kit warning, I hope it saves someone else the heartbreak she's had.

 

[Kiki]

I am sorry to hear this happened.
Do you happen to know the name of this particular coop?

 

[21hens-incharge]

I never looked at the "convenient" clean outs on those.

So sad that it is also convenient for critters to do a full clean out.

I will remember that.

Luckily for me they have never been big enough to even consider.

I am sorry your daughter in law lost the whole flock like that.

 

[chanceosunshine]

I am sorry to hear this happened.
Do you happen to know the name of this particular coop?

I looked at TSC site and believe it is a Trixie Pet Products Coop but I'm not 100% on the exact model. It's similar to this:

 

[Kiki]

I looked at TSC site and believe it is a Trixie Pet Products Coop but I'm not 100% on the exact model. It's similar to this:

Thank you.

 

[janiedoe]

I am so sorry for her and her flock!
It is sad that manufacturers and farm stores are so irresponsible in selling coops and proclaiming them to be "safe" and to hold 2 to 3 times as many birds as they can comfortably hold.
It is good that your daughter-in-law has your emotional support.

 

[sorce]

Smells like a striped tailed dinner a coming.

Sorce

 

[chanceosunshine]

Smells like a striped tailed dinner a coming.

Sorce

She almost got him the night after when he grabbed the duck carcass but her other coop was directly behind it. We're hopeful she'll get another chance.

Thank you all for the condolences. I'll pass them on to her.