Tractor is pretty much finished, although we still have to make the portable run and maybe a silo for more nighttime roosting room. (yep, it is heavy
Up top is where they will be for the night. As you can see from the picture, both sides under the peak (between the top roof and hinged side roofs) is completely open for ventilation. The gap is about 2 1/2 inches.
We don't have raccoons here, and while I have smelled skunks, we have never had any in the yard, which has the 6 ft privacy fence all the way around. I realize there may be predators here besides my dogs.
My question is: should I try and get some hardware cloth in that gap? At this point, the chicken wire around the perimeter is not secured at the top, but there is no room to get in under the side of the roof. My hunny says not to worry, that nothing where we live can get in that gap, and certainly not his big hands to get the hardware cloth in there.
Not that it really matters, but we are in town; everyone around us has the same fencing. We do have foxes and other critters that occasionally make it this way, but I've never seen any of them in my backyard.
I, personally, would rather not risk it, but it is daunting to try to figure out how to get it fastened up there.
What do y'all think?
Tia,
Tikki
Up top is where they will be for the night. As you can see from the picture, both sides under the peak (between the top roof and hinged side roofs) is completely open for ventilation. The gap is about 2 1/2 inches.
We don't have raccoons here, and while I have smelled skunks, we have never had any in the yard, which has the 6 ft privacy fence all the way around. I realize there may be predators here besides my dogs.
My question is: should I try and get some hardware cloth in that gap? At this point, the chicken wire around the perimeter is not secured at the top, but there is no room to get in under the side of the roof. My hunny says not to worry, that nothing where we live can get in that gap, and certainly not his big hands to get the hardware cloth in there.
Not that it really matters, but we are in town; everyone around us has the same fencing. We do have foxes and other critters that occasionally make it this way, but I've never seen any of them in my backyard.
I, personally, would rather not risk it, but it is daunting to try to figure out how to get it fastened up there.
What do y'all think?
Tia,
Tikki
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