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Oh, yes! Forgive me if I made my parents seem neglectful of our birdies. That's not the case at all.
We've a chicken run that's 4×8 and covered on three sides with wire mesh.
The duckies have 16×8 with the same.
It would seem the raccoons are as wily as anything. They managed to climb up the side, rip the screen off the (space allotted for a cross breeze), and lay waste to the flock. That was our first loss since the initial flock that we allowed (foolishly) to free range through the day when she's at work. They were picked off one by one, and Mama cried each time.
I perhaps should have said we're not in a good spot to make further capital investment
We've a chicken run that's 4×8 and covered on three sides with wire mesh.
The duckies have 16×8 with the same.
It would seem the raccoons are as wily as anything. They managed to climb up the side, rip the screen off the (space allotted for a cross breeze), and lay waste to the flock. That was our first loss since the initial flock that we allowed (foolishly) to free range through the day when she's at work. They were picked off one by one, and Mama cried each time.
I perhaps should have said we're not in a good spot to make further capital investment
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Nice to have you here! Check out the article on predator proofing... you may find some ideas that aren’t expensive but may help to ‘fortify’ your coop/run. Folks here have been quite creative building coops, converting structures into coops and many have shared how they recycled or repurposed things or where to find freebies
