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I JUST brought my flock home and put them in the new coop for the night. And whaddya know? A fox was in my yard!
To reiterate: The run is a welded wire dog kennel with a welded wire roof. Half inch hardware cloth is all around the perimeter with a 12 inch apron at a 90° angle to the run and buried under about 3 inches of soil. The coop is a converted wooden shed. There is one window (I ran out of time today, but I am cutting 5 more windows tomorrow). The one window is the kind of window you'd put in a house, and it's closed and locked for tonight. The coop has a door with a locking knob as well as a latch with a combination lock on it that is only accessible from the run. The run is bolted to the coop and secured to the ground.
They should be ok tonight, right?
The electric netting arrived today, but I will set it up tomorrow around the entire coop and run. It's the PermaNet 48" netting from Premier1. The three fence professionals I talked to said with 5000 volts all the way through to the end of the fence, it should stop even bears (knock on wood).
Ugh. This is nerve-wracking. Kudos to those of you who have dealt with these predator pressures for years! You are made of sterner stuff than I am.
To reiterate: The run is a welded wire dog kennel with a welded wire roof. Half inch hardware cloth is all around the perimeter with a 12 inch apron at a 90° angle to the run and buried under about 3 inches of soil. The coop is a converted wooden shed. There is one window (I ran out of time today, but I am cutting 5 more windows tomorrow). The one window is the kind of window you'd put in a house, and it's closed and locked for tonight. The coop has a door with a locking knob as well as a latch with a combination lock on it that is only accessible from the run. The run is bolted to the coop and secured to the ground.
They should be ok tonight, right?
The electric netting arrived today, but I will set it up tomorrow around the entire coop and run. It's the PermaNet 48" netting from Premier1. The three fence professionals I talked to said with 5000 volts all the way through to the end of the fence, it should stop even bears (knock on wood).
Ugh. This is nerve-wracking. Kudos to those of you who have dealt with these predator pressures for years! You are made of sterner stuff than I am.