You need electric fence, too.
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Cassie Maas <cassiemaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you really want your chickens to be safe, you need to completely enclose
> them and cover them. The enclosure cannot be 'chicken wire' as it is too
> weak and the openings too large. A frightened chicken will try to run and
> end up sticking their head out where it will be bitten off, leaving the
> body inside the enclosure. Sadly, I learned this from experience.
>
> Chickens are vulnerable to all kinds of critters and now that the Bobcat
> has found them, he will slowly come back for all of them. Chickens are also
> very deep sleepers so they are most vulnerable at night. Killing the Bobcat
> is only a temporary solution as some other animal will find them. Coyotes,
> Raccoons, Foxes, neighbor dogs, and even birds will try to take them.
>
> I am in the process of building a very predator proof (and mouse proof)
> coop for them. If you are interested in the design, let me know.
>
> Cassie Maas
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