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Sxftiechicken

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So a few months ago my family and I made this coop/fence by scratch, just wanted to see if it’s secure enough. It has 3 locks on the door and it’s lined by chicken wire. The coop, is inside the fence that has a little place where you can grab the eggs from the outside. We have a lock there too.

The animal we’re most worried about that will try to get in is raccoons, since they’ve visited our house before.
Couldn‘t take pictures of the locks but here is the rest:
 

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The coop itself looks fairly secure, however:

The poultry netting will keep the chickens in, but not the predators out, so you may want to switch to hardware cloth, as raccoons can easily tear through that.

I'm not seeing a ton of ventilation, but I may just be missing it.

How many chickens are you keeping in there?
 
Welcome to BYC. Where, in general, are you located? Climate matters and we can give better advice when we know what you're likely to have to deal with.

If you're worried about raccoons you'll need to cover that chicken wire with hardware cloth because raccoons can rip right through chicken wire.
 

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