How to Make a Sliding, Self-Locking, and Predator-Proof Chicken Coop Door (2020)

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How To Make a Sliding, Self-Locking, and Predator-Proof Chicken Coop Door

This article is here to help you make your very own DIY vertical sliding, self-locking, and predator-proof chicken coop door. Simple and effective coop door that any experience level can build easily. Easy list to reference and affordable tools...

BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens

We have some friends who have a really well-built chicken coop. Sometimes we help them with the birds when they are out of town and bring back eggs.

A while back they had a stump in front of the house with a family of foxes living in it and they pointed a game camera at it.

Night after night they got footage of the fox mama bringing back other people's chickens to feed to her kits.

The moral is, I think, that the well-built chicken coop is a good investment.