Update

[jenns anipals]

Losing chickens will, eventually, happen to everyone. And, every single one of us has made mistakes.

There is No Reason for anyone to be unkind to you.

I am sorry for your losses, especially of your favorite girl. And, I wish, wish, wish the sellers would stop labeling the flimsy stuff "chicken wire," because too many people believe it will protect their birds.

Hardware cloth is seriously expensive, but it is a much safer option. One of my coops is an A-frame and when we built the run for it, we echoed the A-frame shape. I couldn't afford as much hardware cloth as I needed, so half of one side of the angled run is covered in 1/2 plywood instead. It's not pretty, but it worked. As a bonus, it gives the girls protection from getting wet when it's raining and they insist on going outside.

I have covered all of my runs with HWC and made "aprons" around the run bottoms with HWC AND laid 16-inch square stepping stones and/or rows of bricks on top of the aprons. A massacre in one of the coops almost eight years ago taught me the value of fortifying my set-ups.

You clearly care about your birds and are working to make things safer for them. You are not a "failure."

Thank you for the input I may try the ply wood thing or just keep going with the mesh even those it's spendy as it seems to work into wish they didn't have that crap chicken wire it's not safe for them and thank you I'm for sure trying my best I love my flock