Yeah, learned the hard way several years ago, after many unpleasant morning discoveries. Hardware cloth it is! All around, even where coop meets fence. Used to have chicken fence:
1) Chickens are unusually stupid at night, and several lost their heads because they did not back away from the raccoon hand reaching through the fence;
2) Hardware cloth is a lot stiffer and resists pushing and pulling.
Raccoons here are the size of dogs and plentiful. Haven't had a loss since.
1) Chickens are unusually stupid at night, and several lost their heads because they did not back away from the raccoon hand reaching through the fence;
2) Hardware cloth is a lot stiffer and resists pushing and pulling.
Raccoons here are the size of dogs and plentiful. Haven't had a loss since.