{"id":932,"date":"2023-02-11T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khetwise.com\/blog\/predator-proof-chicken-coop\/"},"modified":"2023-02-11T19:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T19:26:12","slug":"predator-proof-chicken-coop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khetwise.com\/blog\/predator-proof-chicken-coop\/","title":{"rendered":"Predator Proof Chicken Coop Essentials You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reality of backyard chicken keeping is that predators come with the territory. It\u2019s not a matter of IF, but WHEN. So, there are some must-do steps to make a predator proof chicken coop that every chicken keeper NEEDS to know and implement.<\/p>\n

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We had never lost a chicken, then\u2026<\/h2>\n

We\u2019re grateful in our 9+ years of keeping backyard chickens to have a pretty good track record.<\/p>\n

This includes about 5 years of raising chickens in our suburban backyard where we never had a predator casualty! We started with free-ranging 6 hens out of a stationary coop and quickly learned two things:<\/p>\n

1) Our chickens got more and more adventurous over time.
2) More and more predators took note of our chickens over time.<\/p>\n

Hawks, raccoons, skunks, neighbor\u2019s dogs, and even the family of foxes that moved in next door every winter. We ran up against all of it.<\/p>\n

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