Hawk- and coyote-proof chicken coop
I've been walking over to document my neighbor Steve's progress in moving a house onto a foundation on his lot. I discovered this great predator-proof chicken yard. Steve used rebar to form a dome shape (strength-in-curves) frame and covered it with chicken wire. We are about to build a new chicken coop for our bantams and I'm going to use this setup for their yard.
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Nice. I'm interested in the chicken tractor idea. Can that setup be moved?
I had a bug zapper in a chicken yard once and my chickens stayed awake all night eating bugs...
We settled on a modified "chicken moat" style using a double fence corridor surrounding the garden as the bird run, with aviary netting over the top. Keeps the hawks out for sure. However, we've underestimated the ability of racoons to dig under the fence and have lost a duck already. I've also been warned that "chicken wire" is to keep birds IN, not to keep any predators out. It is pretty flimsy stuff - our main coop is fenced in with hardware cloth. Much more expensive, but nobody can get in or out of it.
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