Our coop

[BleuSaphir]

i live in northern Illinois. Suburbia.

we have chipmunks, squirrel, opposum, skunks, raccoons, hawks and feral cats.

there are some coyote around. My yard is fenced and I have never seen one in the yard.

You will find Raccoons and Opposum in your yard someday! They are regularly found at night where I live. And opposum scares the living daylights out of me! lol

 

[hayley3]

i live in northern Illinois. Suburbia.

we have chipmunks, squirrel, opposum, skunks, raccoons, hawks and feral cats.

there are some coyote around. My yard is fenced and I have never seen one in the yard.

Now that you have chickens, you will definitely see raccoons in your yard.

 

[gothicpicasso]

I’m gonna agree with the hardware cloth. Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean you don’t have a raccoon or such around. The run looks great otherwise. I’m also gonna agree that the coop might be a bit small. When I got my chickens at the beginning of the spring I did a lot of reading about coop size. One thing I picked up was store bought coops tended to exaggerate how many hens happily fit in. That’s part of why I wound up building my own coop and run. Your area looks great!

 

[springvalley123]

I'd also remove the two short (2x4) roosts in the corner of the run, and put them a couple of feet in, away from outside border of the run. Some people use saw horses or similar.