Oh you can probably get away without closing them up for a while, maybe quite a while, depending on where you live. But try to count heads regularly. That fence is no obstacle at all to a raccoon, possum, ferret or the like. It's just a climbing aid for them. When you start finding a few missing, you probably won't notice it at first, but they'll take one a night and then suddenly bring the tribe and get most of them all at once. I've had dogs get in there too, they just jumped a 5 or 6 ft. fence and had a ball. Chickens are SUCH fun to chase!!
Diane S.
----- Original Message -----From: drooney57@gmail.comSent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 5:12 PMSubject: [CHICKENS-101] housing issueGreetings all you chicken experts, I have a question.
I have a rather large coop (About 8' by 4') with a large roost area and 6 nest boxes built into the walls. Outside of that I have a pen area that is about 10' by 18' that is fenced in all around including the top. My perimeter fencing goes down and then horizontal inward for at least 12" and in the more vulnerable areas, it also goes outward at least 12".
I have a door that closes on the coop that I shut at night.
My question is, do I really need to close the door? Nothing short of a bear (which we do not have around here) could get into the pen. We also do not have mountain lions, cougars or any large cats.
Thanks for your replies.
Cheers
~Dr.Doug
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