How to build a coyatie proof coop?

[AppleCrisp]

Hi. I have coyate around my house. And I know they come rather close to the yard, or are way in the back. You can hear them howling at night. How would I got upon builing a coop coyatie proof? Are there anyways to deter them?

 

[CoyoteMagic]

We are tricky little buggers

Make sure you run and coop has a skirt of fencing at least a foot out and down all the way around. Doors latch securely and windows have heavy gage wire over them. If your run doesn't have a cover, consider a hot wire top and bottom as coyotes can and will climb.

Stay on top of it because they will keep coming back

 

[txchickie]

We have coyotes aaallll around here, and never has one tried to dig in the coop near the house. I think if it was farther away from our back door they might try it, but we've got the back porch light, dog kennel/runs, etc....They're not gonna stand around and dig for 20 minutes with all that around. They're mostly scavengers anyway, I think.

A hot fence should deter them if they do decide to partake in some digging

 

[nnbreeder]

Being summer with plenty of their natural food around Coyotes can be easily detered. I use cattle panels with secondary wire attached to it for the smaller predators. A good skirting all around to prevent digging and a top to prevent climbers from gaining access.

Winter though is a different story and with food being harder to find they will work harder to get at your birds so just follow the suggestions given and you should have no problems.