Predator Protection
Everything you need to keep your flock safe from predators: identifying the threats, defending against raccoons, foxes, hawks, and snakes, securing the run, and the best deterrents.
Protecting Chickens From Predators
The complete, layered approach to keeping your flock safe: a sealed coop, a secure run, dig barriers, deterrents, and smart daily habits.
Read guide →Common Chicken Predators
A field guide to the predators that target backyard flocks and how to identify an attack from the clues left behind.
Read guide →Hawks and Aerial Predators
How to protect chickens from hawks and owls with a covered run, overhead cover, and legal, research-based deterrents.
Read guide →Raccoons and Chickens
Beat the number one chicken predator with hardware cloth, locking latches, covered runs, and good feed control.
Read guide →Foxes and Chickens
Stop digging, climbing foxes with dig barriers, electric poultry netting, and a sealed coop locked tight every night.
Read guide →Snakes and Chicken Coops
Protect eggs and chicks from snakes with quarter-inch hardware cloth, rodent control, and frequent egg collection.
Read guide →Securing the Run
Predator-proof all six sides of the run: hardware cloth walls, a covered top, a dig barrier, and tight, secure gates.
Read guide →Best Predator Deterrents
Our research-based roundup of the best predator deterrents, from hardware cloth and electric netting to automatic doors and solar lights.
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