post your chicken coop pictures here!

[Sylvester017]

Yeah I can just see it now -- searchlights panning the coop walls, sirens triggered by motion sensors, machine gun mounted on your back deck -- and someone on this thread will say, "yes, but . . ."

And don't forget the guy a few BYC posts ahead of us who built a scaffolding tower to survey his property for coyotes with rifle in hand!

 

[iwiw60]

So I laid 16" x 16" pavers all around the attached run and I secured 1/2 " hardware cloth to the floor of the coop. The wire is covered by weed block fabric, shavings and Sweet PDZ for easy clean up. The run is dirt. I think I have done everything I can to protect the girls short of mounting a machine gun station with spot lights.

 

[kenmlang]

Yeah I can just see it now -- searchlights panning the coop walls, sirens triggered by motion sensors, machine gun mounted on your back deck -- and someone on this thread will say, "yes, but . . ."

What's wrong with that?? Sounds loke it could make chickeneering even more fun!!!!

 

[Teila]

Sounds like a plan to me also

I would go one step further and teach the chickens some self defense and they could have an armed look out posted 24/7. This may not be such a good plan if they do not want you to collect eggs though .. lol.

 

[sunnysideup2]

Sounds like a plan to me also I would go one step further and teach the chickens some self defense and they could have an armed look out posted 24/7. This may not be such a good plan if they do not want you to collect eggs though .. lol.

 

[sunnysideup2]

That's awesome. How did you get that chick to do that? I managed to strap some ammo to a pullet, but I can't get her to carry the rifle.

 

[sunnysideup2]

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That's awesome. How did you get that chick to do that? I managed to strap some ammo to a pullet, but I can't get her to carry the rifle.

 

[sunnysideup2]

FOR HIRE
Chickeneer with Ninja pullets. No job too big or too small.

 

[Sylvester017]

FOR HIRE
Chickeneer with Ninja pullets. No job too big or too small.

Sounds like a plan to me also

I would go one step further and teach the chickens some self defense and they could have an armed look out posted 24/7. This may not be such a good plan if they do not want you to collect eggs though .. lol.

And don't forget the guy a few BYC posts ahead of us who built a scaffolding tower to survey his property for coyotes with rifle in hand!

So I laid 16" x 16" pavers all around the attached run and I secured 1/2 " hardware cloth to the floor of the coop. The wire is covered by weed block fabric, shavings and Sweet PDZ for easy clean up. The run is dirt. I think I have done everything I can to protect the girls short of mounting a machine gun station with spot lights.

These are tongue-in-cheek comments and relay the underlying trouble chickeneers have in keeping their flocks safe whether free-ranging, penned, or cooped. Our concerns we hope are helpful to transmit to new chickeneers on this thread that chickens don't need to be kept in but predators need to be kept out. My Ameraucana (my avatar) chases stray cats out of the yard but she'd lose the battle with anything bigger or fiercer.

 

[Bethel3330]

Finally got it painted! Our four year old even helped, and he picked the color