Metal Chicken Coop / Metal Tent Structure Review - An awesome structure for the backyard.

[@chrispaulus4491]

I built two chicken coops in the last two months. The chickshaw with a built-in hengear box ran me about $800. I built a hoop coop for under $400 but it is brutally heavy. The chickens love it though. I’ve got two more flocks coming out of the brooders so I bought one of these. I plan to tarp the entire structure, surround it with electric netting and attach welded wire two or 3 feet high. 😉

[@matthewduda8007]

If you have mink in your area they will chew through chicken wire and get the birds..Upgrade the wire to hardware cloth. And to keep the fox from digging under the wire you can bury chicken wire under the surface of dirt all the way around the coop. Just Lay a strip of wire, 24” wide would be good, on ground around coop and then cover with dirt that you bring to the area..That will stop them from digging😁

[@cenkaetaya]

@@matthewduda8007 thanks, we got coyotes, racoons, hawks, not seen a fox yet. Good idea on burying the wire though.

[@donnagraves2304]

Before you attach the flange part on the ground to your coop- you might want to add a 2’-3’ legs on it to make it higher. We did this with attaching 4”3”/4” PVC pipe lengths.On the sides, you can use metal. (that bending over inside will kill your back.) Asked me how I know.

[@donnagraves2304]

If you have coyotes, fox, raccoons they will chew right through the chicken wire or stretch it out into a hole. Been there done that. Lost a lot of chickens. Make sure you have a chicken box for nighttime, because if they sleep next to wire other animals will reach in a pull them apart to eat. 1” is big enough for small paws. Sorry graphic- but life.