Photos of your predator proof coop/run please!

[Molpet]

so far it has kept out weasels, mink, opossums, raccoons, coyotes and bobcats

 

[Lyranonamous]

I built my coop on a concrete slab, nothing is getting through it.
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And I built my 600sqft fully enclosed run with 2x4x6' welded wire that I buried 1' deep. I added a net canopy supported by aircraft cable and turnbuckles.
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I haven't had any issues with predators.

That is quite a set-up. Thanks for posting the photos
I love it that your chickens have so much space. Ours have about that much too and I'm happy for them.

 

[Lyranonamous]

Growing up we had a couple bee hives at my parents farm, they sat in a 10' x 10' space with four strands of electric fence. Animals, including bears are smart though. We had to put it on a back up generator because two weeks in a row we had power outages in the middle of the day and within an hour the bears were in there tearing the hives a part. I assume they were wandering by and noticed the fence wasn't pulsing. This is why I would never solely rely on electric, especially in an area with a high concentration of bears.

Yes in the video you could see the bears sniffing the electric wires to determine if they were energized. It was pretty interesting.

 

[Lyranonamous]

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so far it has kept out weasels, mink, opossums, raccoons, coyotes and bobcats

You actually had a bobcat try to get in? Impressive coop to keep them out and maybe more impressive that it kept weasels out. It looks like the arrow is for extra hardware cloth that prevents digging.

 

[No More Empty Nest]

Here's my small backyard coop and run. The run is enclosed in hardware cloth secured to the 2 x 4's with screws in 1x 2's. There is hardware cloth over the window, which is not evident in the picture, we hadn't installed it yet. There is a 24" apron of hardware cloth buried a couple inches under the patio blocks around the run. The egg door and the run door are both secured with carabiners in the daytime and padlocks at night. I don't trust the raccoons, they are wiley. Plus we live in the city and I don't trust human predators.

The strange rooster in there is a metal lawn ornament, lol. I hadn't gotten my chickens yet when I took the picture as also evidenced by the presence of grass in the run, haha.

 

[bald Rooster]

No Pic But I have a double fence. I have good 1 inc. chicken wire surrounding my runs. and about a foot away from that I have a horse fence, Its 4 foot high no climb. This keeps the horses from destroying the inner fence.Ive had Bobcats and Foxes get a a Bob white and a turkey that we're outside. so I know my coops are on the menu, But in 3 years nothing has got into my coops. It may have something to do with my horses They are very protective of their space.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Hardware cloth all around and a skirt of it as well.
So far so very good!

 

[IamRainey]

RumneyRoost gave you a good description of a predator-proofed environment. And most of that is stuff you won't see in a photo. Our hardware cloth is dug in 18" as an alternative to an apron but then I laid 12" square concrete pavers around the perimeter anyway. It's been 18 months and we haven't had an attack or a loss to raccoons, coyotes, hawks, possums, rats or neighborhood domestic animals.

I'd add that the hardware cloth should be secured with 1" washers and screws. And don't mistake "chicken wire" as something that's adequate to use to house chickens! Hardware cloth for anything exposed to the exterior. Save the chicken wire for separating parts inside the run.

Also, if there are kids or visitors impress on them the importance of replacing the carabiner latches when they leave the run or shut the access to the nesting boxes. They're wonderfully effective at thwarting wily raccoons but only IF they're in place and they're too easy to forget sometimes. So make it an everytime/every day thing and make sure your visitors are clear about that too.

So much better to concentrate on making your environment impregnable and then being able to relax and enjoy your flock.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Pics of our coop here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rustic-covered-lean-to-coop-and-run.74040/