As I posted here, we have raccoons under our house.
I thought I had scared them all out, but late in the evening I heard a loud noise and found this:
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Yup, the raccoon tore right through that pretty strong expanded wire vent under our house!!!
I see people all the time that are adding chicken wire to their coops, runs, etc. to "protect" their chickens from predators, and I always tell them the same thing: chicken wire is for keeping chickens in and NOT for keeping predators out!
I HATE raccoons!
I thought I had scared them all out, but late in the evening I heard a loud noise and found this:
Yup, the raccoon tore right through that pretty strong expanded wire vent under our house!!!
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I see people all the time that are adding chicken wire to their coops, runs, etc. to "protect" their chickens from predators, and I always tell them the same thing: chicken wire is for keeping chickens in and NOT for keeping predators out!
I HATE raccoons!
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