Something is killing my chickens at night
Almost every coop loss traces to one of two things: wire that isn't wire, or a latch an animal can work. The camera tells you who it was; it does not stop anything.
What actually works
A raccoon tears chicken wire, a weasel walks through it. ½-inch hardware cloth, with an apron of wire buried out from the base.
About double — and it is the best money on this pageIf the pressure is raccoons, height won't help — they climb anything. Two wires at 6 and 12 inches will.
$80–150 for a charger and a short runAnything a person opens with one simple motion, a raccoon opens too. Two-step latches or a barrel bolt with a clip.
$5 more. The door closes at dusk whether or not everyone's inside, and a hen shut out is a hen gone by morning.
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