I have two medium sized dogs. My neighbor on the side has 4 pocket dogs. My neighbor in back has a cane corso.
Coons don't care. Make it as predator proof as you can.
Maybe I’m not browsing the same topics, but a lot of necro-posting I see is someone asking a question to the OP who posted years ago. Having that little warning more visible might help manage their disappointment about not getting a reply.
I don’t think anyone is advocating for old topics to...
My modem/router is at the front of my house and the chicken coop is in back. I have a WiFi extender plugged into the farthest back outlet in the house to extend the WiFi further out.
Maybe cheaper to look into something like that?
We divided our shed with a wall just as @MROO mentioned. My shed is an A frame roof so less angles to worry about.
Left over hardware cloth blocks off the top half and still allows air circulation. The door was also a scavenged leftover too.
My growing zone is 6 borderline 5 so similar-ish...
I have a pack of those elastic things with the ball on them. I remove the ball and use the elastic loop to hold our fence gate open when needed. The elastic lives out in the elements 24x7 and I usually end up replacing with a new elastic every 8 or 9 months, not quite a year.
I just had to...
I was training Lulu to “target” or place a paw on things. I asked for one paw on top of the bucket and got a “Hold my kibble!!” All four paws on the bucket.
I put a barn fan attached to the roof of my run. It kicks on when the temp in the run reaches 80° as measured by a temp/humidity sensor (white thing hanging on the support beam near the coop).
Since it points straight down, it's easy for the chickens to move out of the breeze if they desire...