They chew through hardware cloth?!?

[sourland]

Updates?

 

[GrovesEdge]

So far so good! The bottom 30” is being wrapped in cage wire. The side of the coop that faces away from the house has been done. We also got a camera with an alert if it detects activity.

With all the thunder and lightning this week I haven’t been able to install everything yet. We have a motion detector flood light shining on the side of the coop facing the house (not wrapped yet), so we’re keeping an eye on it.

We think it might have been the neighbor’s dog. We saw her on our property when this started. When she was back again the next day and went straight to the same spot like she was trying to put her nose through... She didn’t look innocent!

Thanks to everyone for the help!

 

[MarlaMac]

Good catch!

I would also trim around the coop so that the hardware cloth is positioned between two pieces of board. If it is only stapled to one board it is a lot easier for a predator to rip through the material.

How did you attach the welded wire fencing? You could probably accomplish the same strength by using screws and large washers.

The point being, you want them to have to really fight to rip it open. (Reinforcing it like this gives you time to find and fix b/c it usually takes a couple of days for them to work it open). You can accomplish this by either trimming out the coop or using the screws and washers in strategic locations all around the coop.