Chicken Fortress

After a few rounds with foxes last season, and many lessons learned, we are fortifying our chicken coop before getting more chickens. This will be their stronghold against the scavengers. Here’s what we learned in the process.

1) Chickens will find every possible weakness in your design - like velociraptors. Use them as security consultants.

2) It’s better to have a temporary coop that you can move around to new grass areas while you’re building your fortress. This helps keep them out of the way because Chickens tend to want to supervise what you’re doing, and they seem to have opinions.

3) It doesn’t matter how nice and comfy you make the inside, they will still find that weird corner with mud to sit in. So save yourself the hassle and just focus on the basics - Security, Functionality, Protection from elements.