- Mar 28, 2013
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Hi All,
I'm new to the this and my chicks are 6 weeks old today. I'm working on turning a Pawhut Large Portable Coop into a chicken tractor that I can move around the yard. It's a fenced yard, but I do sometimes have trouble with skunks, raccoons, foxes and an occasional coyote who dig under the fence and come in the yard especially at dusk when I might not be home - I have a fish pond that temps them. I also have a heeler and greyhound who are very interested in the chicks. What I want to do is add a wire bottom to the coop to keep the diggers out - I realize that perfectly raccoon-proofing something is probably impossible. I have some hardware cloth that I was thinking about using, but I also have chicken wire. Does anyone have any suggestions about which would be better? I thought the hardware cloth would be better and last longer, but there could be concerns I haven't though of. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I'm new to the this and my chicks are 6 weeks old today. I'm working on turning a Pawhut Large Portable Coop into a chicken tractor that I can move around the yard. It's a fenced yard, but I do sometimes have trouble with skunks, raccoons, foxes and an occasional coyote who dig under the fence and come in the yard especially at dusk when I might not be home - I have a fish pond that temps them. I also have a heeler and greyhound who are very interested in the chicks. What I want to do is add a wire bottom to the coop to keep the diggers out - I realize that perfectly raccoon-proofing something is probably impossible. I have some hardware cloth that I was thinking about using, but I also have chicken wire. Does anyone have any suggestions about which would be better? I thought the hardware cloth would be better and last longer, but there could be concerns I haven't though of. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!