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TomNY
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Comments (14)I house my chickens in a strong shed with doors that lock and a small hatch that I can close and latch at night. The latch will keep out anything except racoons, but we haven't had problems with them for a couple of years. Our pen is large, 65' X 100' so we couldn't completely cover the top. Our coop is a wooden shed with a head height of 12' and the perches are 2' from the top. Most of the chickens can fly up, but some of the older ones use a little ramp to a lower perch and then fly over to the higher one about 5' away. It's too far for a coon to jump over to it even if he climbs the ramp. The chickens feel safe up there as they huddle together every night. The floor is two layers of 5/8" plywood with vinyl sheet floor. The vinyl makes it easy to clean and sanitize between bedding changes. To stop predatory birds we hung string and wire in a criss-cross pattern at the top of the fenceposts. On one of the wires we hung a pair of cover-alls that has long sleeves. It looks like a man standing right in front of the shed with his arms up in the air. In fact the only predators we've had trouble with since we hung Clyde out there are rat snakes. I killed a 6 footer this summer - it gave me the willies when he crossed behind me at the door... But, anyway.... The fence is 8' cedar fence posts with 18" set in concrete and standard chicken wire up to the top. We let the top 12" of chicken wire curl outward so that if something climbs the wire they get to the top of the wire and fall backward on the outside of the pen. We also buried the bottom 6" of chicken wire angling it outward to prevent diggers. Two years ago we had a racoon who figured out how to climb the wire right at the fence post and then to hang onto the post and bend the chicken wire to the inside of the pen. He then managed to get inside of the coop by unlatching the little chicken door. The perches are high so I know he didn't grab one of the chickens, but I had a brave roo who probably attacked the racoon. He followed the racoon all the way to the fence (or was dragged), but the coon couldn't get him over the fence before I got there and he got away. Roo lost an eye but healed just fine otherwise. Anyway, I guess the bottom line is there aren't very many systems that are compoletely safe, but the more protection you can provide the better. And Velvet Sparrows web site is bookmarked on my computers because she knows her chicken stuff. Cheryl...See MoreAnimal digging under our gazebo
Comments (3)yeah.. i meant to come back and mention that.. lol ... thought about that about an hour later ... hence the referral to a trapper .. who has permits for such ... see link ... its really all about how hard you want to work in dissuading them ... versus damage.. etc ... some times i get lucky.. and they go away.. if i go out there daily.. and irritate them simply by being around [filling the hoe.. putting down hardware clother.. etc ...] .. some like privacy .. lol ... as compared to other things.. that can do significant damage.. and need immediate results.. like when momma and 3 raccoons took up living in the eave of my pole barn ... i had no sense of humor about that ... and OMG.. the stink .... many options.. for you to choose from ... but you have to start.. by figuring out what it is ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: link...See Moreanimals under the hood
Comments (2)The usual animal eating nuts under the hood of a car is a squirrel. Squirrels are associated with acorns. Their digestive system is adapted to handling the toxin in fresh acorns whereas humans and several other animals can not. The toxin must be leached out for human comsumption. Other animals eating nuts other than acorns under the hood are mice and chipmunks. Mice have been known to build nests in the air cleaner and stuff it full of seeds. This problem has come up on this forum several years ago. Search the archives of this forum to see if any solutions were found. I don't recall specifically what has been tried or the results. You could try a bag of moth balls or other animal deterrent. Occassionaly, I have found the remains of black walnuts on the engine of my Jeep, but thankfully so far, no damage....See MoreHardware Cloth Under Shed to Keep Rodents from Nesting
Comments (9)We have been putting up garden sheds since the 80's on various rural sites, and have nothing but good experience using gravel with a hardware cloth interface. The very first shed I put up did not have the hardware cloth, and I constantly battled critters getting into the base surface. I spent hours trapping and baiting all the animals that found the shed-covered area their perfect base. We have a number of sheds now, and all have been successfully protected from the many burrowing animals with a simple gravel and wire system. What I am most pleased with are two sheds, one about 10x20', the other about 20x30. One was built in 1993, the other about 1995. In neither case have animals been able to penetrate the barriers I put down, but they have sure tried a lot. We have a particular problem with squirrels, rabbits and mice. I have seen lots of places on the exterior where they started to dig, found my protection, and finally gave up. We have no nests at all under either structure. My method is to put down about a foot deep layer of gravel, with the wire mesh extending out from the runners about 18". I prefer to put the mesh an inch or two below the surface. This makes the whole installation look better, and also seems to be very effective at deterring diggers. Once the shed is erected, I attach the mesh all around the sides of the sheds to the runners. In one shed which uses the gravel as its floor I placed the wire mesh under the whole area of the shed. The mesh probably costs less than a singe trap I'd need to get rid of an unwanted critter, only takes a few minutes to lay down, and I find it works well. Even on the inside of the shed with the gravel floor, I place the mesh about an inch or two below the surface. This really avoids any trip hazards, and makes for a good presentation. If I put up another shed, I will definitely put wire down over the entire footprint. A 20x30' shed would need about 700 square feet of wire cloth, about the amount in one 7'x100' roll which only costs 25-30 dollars. I would put down most of the gravel, lay the mesh, then lay the rest of the gravel. If you already have the gravel down, I strongly agree with Ken above: take the time to put the mesh in; you won't regret it. Renais...See MoreSusieD
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