Building Chicken Coops that are safe for Hens.

When building chicken coops you want to keep in mind the safety of your chickens. Many predators will see your chickens as an easy meal. There are steps you can take to protect your chickens from these vermin.

Building chicken coops that are hard for predators to get into.

Raise you hen house up off the ground. A couple of feet will do fine. This will deter animals from digging through the walls of your hen house. Also wrap the bottom area, (the couple feet you raised your hen house) with wire to keep predators from coming in through the floor.

Building chicken coops using thicker wire will protect your chickens better.

Use heavier rabbit wire rather than chicken wire to prevent animals from chewing through the wire and getting into your chicken run. Place wire over the top of your chicken run to keep hawks from swooping in on your chickens.

Use barriers when building chicken coops.

Place a barrier around the bottom edge of your chicken run. A one by ten board will do fine. Dig a trench around your chicken run where the wire will meet the ground and put the board into the trench, bury it and attach the top of the board to the bottom of your wire.

This will stop animals from digging under the wire.

Another tip when building chicken coops would be to put chicken wire under the eaves of your chicken coop to keep squirrels from neting in the eave of the hen house.

When it comes to snakes there are no sure fire ways to keep them from trying to get your eggs or baby chicks.

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