STOP 🛑 Digging Predators | Protect Chicken Coop From Coyotes, Raccoons, Dogs + | Backyard Chickens

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

Комментарии • 22

  • @virginian3390
    @virginian3390 Год назад +10

    I used 1/2 inch hardware cloth on my entire coop/run build. I used post hole diggers and dug a trench around the entire structure and my hardware cloth is buried straight down 12 inches below the bottom frame. Around the coop itself I also poured quick drying cement into the trench to encase the wire. I figured I'm putting this much time and $ into having a dozen birds(for now 😅) that I might as well do it right that I can feel confident of their security. Chesterfield, Virginia

    • @stephanied9629
      @stephanied9629 8 месяцев назад

      Sounds expensive! How much was the hardware cloth alone? Thanks

  • @AJsGreenThumbLLC
    @AJsGreenThumbLLC Год назад +5

    Great job! Anything to protect the girls. I ended up using the 1/4" hardware cloth because I ordered so much to button up the run. I also dug about 14" out from the run and stapled it to the run as well. Backfilled the dirt and let weeds take hold 😅So far so good

  • @andrewhammill6148
    @andrewhammill6148 Год назад +7

    I think it's a good idea, but I would have leveled it off with dirt after you installed the wire, packed the dirtdown and then placed the rocks on top.

  • @TheBockCast
    @TheBockCast Год назад +4

    I added the same to my coop as I was building it around all four sides three feet out from the coop. It went under concrete pavers that the run and coop sits on. I don’t know if you did it or not but you need to cut off the ends and not have the stragglers of wire. I covered mine with dirt and rock but over time the rock and dirt was pushed away from blowing the yard or just walking around it. In no time I was tripping over it because of the stragglers getting caught on my shoes. Especially the corners would as well. Bury the mesh by a few inches. I went back digging it all out and it made a huge difference. Plus I found a spot where a fox attempted to dig but gave up. Saw it on my camera

  • @Michael-yl2iq
    @Michael-yl2iq Год назад +3

    I laid two runs of cinder block (18" depth) under the parameter wall of my entire run and coop. I used hardware cloth 1/2" welded mesh 24" laid out from the bottom around the outside perimeter buried about 3 inches deep. The run walls and coop windows are all covered in hardware cloth 1/2" welded mesh. Both run and coop have a galvanized roof. All doors and openings use a latch with a lock or carabiner. I figure if some critter digs and tunnels more than 2 feet away from the coop, lower than 18" to get beneath the cider block, they deserve a chicken dinner.

  • @KaleidoscopeJunkie
    @KaleidoscopeJunkie Год назад +4

    WIRE CLOSET SHELVES that I found on the side of the road.

    • @OakAbode
      @OakAbode  Год назад +1

      This is an incredible idea!

  • @tami2170
    @tami2170 Год назад +1

    We put down horse stall mats, it makes super easy cleanup because they're smooth

  • @64samsky
    @64samsky Год назад +2

    I'm in Florida, hardware cloth & German Shepherds keep critters out of my coup.

  • @gaylesmith1738
    @gaylesmith1738 4 месяца назад

    This is a great tutorial! I am a relatively new subscriber & I learn alot from your videos! Thank you!! I don't have chickens yet, but I'm gathering ideas!! 💕

  • @michaelbare5523
    @michaelbare5523 Год назад

    One addition could be sod/landscape staples that can secure the mesh making it more difficult.

  • @celestemcallister1307
    @celestemcallister1307 Год назад +3

    I'm not concerned with coyotes the smell of dogs and horses keep them away,now bobcats and the occasional mountain lion,that can be a real concern.🐓

  • @gregjohnson5846
    @gregjohnson5846 Год назад

    You're always very thorough so i assume you clipped the sharp wire ends inside the coop or wherever you were stapling

  • @michellelovejoy1383
    @michellelovejoy1383 Год назад +1

    That would not work for my scenario as I have ground hogs. They would laugh at that.
    I have a steel barn and I use stall mats inside my "coop".

  • @aliciamendoza423
    @aliciamendoza423 Год назад +1

    Is your cat good with the chickens?

    • @KaleidoscopeJunkie
      @KaleidoscopeJunkie Год назад +2

      My cat is fine. She will obliterate another cat but chicks get within inches and no problems.
      My neighbor's cat is a BIG problem for chickens of all sizes. It even tries to get my rooster.
      I keep a Super Soaker water gun for that cat. 💦💦

    • @OakAbode
      @OakAbode  Год назад +2

      He’s fine with chickens… the chickens aren’t very nice to him 😅

  • @Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens
    @Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens Год назад

    Are you remodeling a 100 year old farmhouse like your channel “About” section says?