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by alex_doom 3965 days ago
Once you go black you ... pay $1500 for a pre-fab coop?
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Oh man, the time and money I've spent to have fresh eggs. I built a chicken-fortress in my back yard, and still I was defeated by opossums.
As a person who just built a chicken fortress in my back yard, how did they get in?
I apparently had a whole family of opossums to feed, and they were a lot more resourceful than I had previously given the species credit for being. Where the roof met is one place that was hard to seal. Any other little crack they can find. I used 2" welded wire for the outer part around a 2x3 frame, plywood nest box, and 1/2" hardware cloth for sealing up nooks and around the doors. At the bottom, the chickens would scratch and pluck the grass away eventually digging away enough for a small one to slip under. -Good luck.