Covering Up Vent Holes

[Booswalia]

Maybe this is dumb, but why? What can get way up there to get in?

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

anything that climbs a tree . . . also wild birds and wasps.

 

[elmo]

You'd be surprised to see how many critters can climb straight up a wood wall. Racoons, rats, possums, weasels.....

 

[Soccer Mom]

Raccoons can and will enter vent holes. So will snakes.

 

[Booswalia]

I guess I should have mentioned that the holes I'm considering not covering are only a couple of inches square. But, I suppose I should cover them just in case, even though we don't have any snakes, rats, weasels or possums here.

 

[2txmedics]

Squirrels wanting the eggs...I had one come into my sealed tight coop...but, my 10x10 kennel run...where the door is, had a slight opening about 2", squeezed in ..when they want to they can get slim to fit in, like we do when we want to get by a tight corner and chair...but he couldnt get out, when I went in and kept running around the kennel walls running from me, he didnt have time to slim down to get out...I opened the door and he ran out.

 

[Amethyste]

I have all my vents screend and hardware cloth covered.

My husband is paranoid that something will get in, be it bugs or bad thing, aos he made it a chicken fort knox in the coop itself. So far, it gets the dust trapped, so we need to clean it once a week, but no issues from bugs...and we did have a racoon that we found was trying to get thru the vent a few weeks back. He/she/it couldnt do anything tho...got the vent a little bent, but the hardware cloth was on the inside so he couldnt get in.

BWAHAHAHA

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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whew! lucky you . . . good hubby!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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I didn't think I had any either . . . and it seems I don't. But a MINK came strolling in and killed my biggest best rooster! That darn thing could have fit through any hole you could sick a hot dog through! also you really don't want little wild birds coming in.

 

[darkmatter]

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When I first built my coop (see my BYC page) I used window screen as vent covers under the roof---a 3 1/2 inch space between the rafters. A raccoon climbed up 6 feet and tore the screen and pulled a chicken through. What a bloody mess. I replaced the screen with sheet metal louvers vents.