- Oct 9, 2011
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Our girls and boy free range and we have never lost anyone to a predator, other than a stray dog that would not leave that is until he was eating one of our RIR hens, we quickly dispatched him at that point. we lock up our coop at night but it is completely sealed from the outside world when the doors are shut. We used some old roll out camper windows in it and we have chicken wire inside of them. We also sealed the floor so no small critters could get in without a huge fight and desperation. our run when we leave our girls in has tin siding, from an old barn that was donated to the cause , laid sideways and buried halfway in the ground (about 18 inches) and then it is wired to our chicken wire that is secured on the inside to the ground and our steel run frame. we also have a piece buried under our gate so nothing can dig under there. It was a lot of work doing all this but it is like a chicken castle instead of a coop. Hope this helps out.