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You should! We haven’t had to replace or put new batteries in since we installed. Plus this has a timer on it so we can leave it on for as little or long as we need then it shuts off.

Well you could do corn in a container and have beans planted next to it for sure! You wouldn't have to plant the squash then as a cover crop to choke out the grass and feed the other plants! Guess you would be doing 2 sisters.

@@theridgestead Thanks! (Yea! I'm more of a corn and beans anyway!)

No Problem! Let us know how it goes!

Thank you!

That’s what I was thinking of! Definitely going to need one asap! Thank you!

Thank you but not at this time.

I would agree but so far it works! No problems with predators getting into the coop or even trying to get in. It’s when the chickens wonder to the other part of the property we have problems unfortunately….

Thanks! I dig the name. Because I had to use my brain a few times on this one. 😂

Thank you! We definitely made it harder than it needed to be at first haha.

Buzz is the Mommas boy haha

Right? It's a really cool and effective concept!

Its nuts right? On average these cornish cross chickens eat 14 pounds of feed from baby to 8 weeks which is when whe butcher.

Right. It’s always something.

Thanks! We do actually plan on planting some a this summer still! Ill have to let everyone know when they are here.

Definitely won’t last as long as green treated. But when using the compost in the bottom of the run you cant use green treated due to leaching. Cheap fix once they rot out or break!

Thanks!

Would be very smart to do. So far we have been super successful and no critters trying to get in!

Thank you! Should have our boiling video up in a day or so to finish the job. Definitely try it out!

Agreed. They collect sap after school every day.

Thanks! Spoiler it turns out great! 😂

Hey! We are out of Wisconsin so its not deathly hot in the summer but at that making of this video we didnt get an auto door just yet. But as of right now we still dont have a locking door on the inside coop door. No animal has tried to break into our run and we actually found out that the chickens were being hunted on a different part of our property by a fox. With the coop and run under a camera also we have been predator free by our animals for about 10 months. Now for the other side of our property....not so much.....

It most definitely will. So far nothing has gotten in!

Very nice! So far so good on our end though. Our predator problem is outside the coop near the woods. So we haven’t had any break in attempts just yet.

Yeah if raccoons were a problem we would definitely be using hardware cloth. But foxes are the main predator by us.

Chicken wire isn't useless. Pioneers and farmers used chicken wire for livestock for a couple centuries, and chickens aren't extinct. :D Problem areas need to be double wired. We have bears. Not even hardware cloth helps. So I give them two exits out of everything and a sky highway under the arches so they don't get cornered and have more defense than just being grabbed. They figure it out exploring the new coop changes. :)

@@dandeleona4760 I would definitely agree. Also comes down to what predators you have. After finding out our main predator has been foxes this has been more than enough reinforcement to keep the foxes out. Now if the bears started poking their head around here in SE WI that are becoming more prevalent or racoons were getting in then we would really wire this run up!

😊I have found that the 1 inch x 2 inch rabbit cage wire works very well

My chicken run is next to my dog kennel. I have three coonhounds who usually alert me or scare away any potential predators.

We are using carabiners as an extra lock on top and bottom from the door to the frame. Works great and easy to remove!

What about the bottom of the door?

Thanks for the tips!

It looks really good. I keep goats - we're in Ireland so the ground is much wetter! For us, having a floor we can clean is really important, as goats poo and wee a LOT!

Might be too small for a horse. The inside base is probably comparable to a horse stall but the roof comes down too far in the rear where it probably won’t be able to stand up inside the whole enclosure. But I also am not sure what size horses need for a barn! Raise the ceiling a bit and then sure? Haha

Yup. We have used hardware cloth on our chicken tractor. But since we have more of a fox problem I’m more worried about them getting under than over. So we will definitely have to redo it all In hardware cloth if raccoons become a problem but so far we are lucky.

So we thought possibly the same thing till we caught the fox in the act this past fall and winter. Came right up to the back deck and Cluck Norris sounded the alarm. We had two close calls.

Strange is an understatement. We call them african turkeys since we have a large turkey flock that roams the area we see so many similarities. Since this was actually last year keeping them in their coop/run for that extended period of time worked well and they roosted in there every evening till they realized they could cross over to other properties and they would come back here and there.

Thank you! The girls love it also!

Aren't they awesome?

We are not. We are out of Wisconsin!

Thank you so much!

Thank you! Appreciate it!

Will do. More coming!

@@theridgestead amazing! Also idk if you have previously mentioned this, but what’s the total estimate of how much you spent to build?

@@SucessScript at the time with Covid prices it was up there. Think Atleast 750 plus. Wasn’t a budget build that’s for sure…. Could have been cheaper if I didn’t do pressure treated and a fancy door but I wanted it to last. Also wanted the sturdiness because we have some crazy winds and a wooded lot with branches falling.

Thank you! We are using Premier 1 electric netting. Permanet plus 12/48/3.

@@theridgestead Thanks!!

@@christianbrown3860 anytime!

Thank you!

Thanks 👍