When you decide to raise laying hens or pet hens, you must necessarily ask yourself the question of their safety. We do not want to risk losing our precious animals, so it is essential to equip ourselves in order to guarantee them the protection they need. But what hens need to be protected from?
Chicken predators: wolves and foxes
Hens are fragile, delicate animals, whose health conditions must be constantly protected in order to guarantee them a long and peaceful life. This is why it is important keep the chicken coop clean, in order to avoid occasions of infection that can also lead to their death. Once you have bought a good one modern chicken coop, easy to disassemble and therefore simple to keep clean, you have to ask yourself the problem of the other dangers that a hen faces on a daily basis: predators. The main risk to the well-being of our feathered friends are in fact wild animals, which show themselves little but at the right time to jeopardize the peace of our chicken coop.
Which animals should we fear the most? It depends on where you live. In mountain areas, the main predators of hens and other farm animals are foxes and wolves. It is about wild animals very aggressive, which live in the shadows during the day and tend to attack at night, when the man is not around. It must be said, however, that if by any chance you have the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a wild wolf will have no qualms about attacking man as well as the hen. Therefore it is essential to protect yourself from these potential dangers, making it difficult or at least impossible for wild animals to enter your yard. Using a fence is a good way to delimit an area of interest, but it is certainly insufficient action: once broken or climbed over, predators could feast quietly and without disturbance. It therefore becomes essential to use fences, fences, fences and above all a in synergy great chicken coop.
A good chicken coop protects the hens from predators
Other predators to watch out for are martens, weasels and stone martens, which feed on both hens and chicks and eggs. To keep them at bay and neutralize their attacks, you have to choose a well structured chicken coop, solid and therefore composed of quality materials. A plastic chicken coop it is light and would be easily uncovered by a mighty wild animal. We must therefore prefer heavy chicken coops, which effectively protect the hens inside. Another aspect to consider is represented by the door of the chicken coop, whose access must necessarily be denied to anyone. In this sense, to prevent an oversight from harming our internal investment, it is good to use doors with self-locking systems, which after a certain time close automatically and keep the hens safe.
In general, however, it is important have a chicken coop for your own hens, as cages, used a lot in the past, do not give any kind of protection to animals and are the easiest thing to break through when it comes to external predators.
A raised chicken coop could be the solution
The raised chicken coops they represent a strategic choice, this because, as their name suggests, they have the characteristic of not being placed on the ground. This attribute is a plus point for your domestic "barnyard"; in fact, raised chicken coops protect hens from many dangers, let's see why.
First make access for predators difficult, given that to climb on the roof of the house, the latter will not be able to climb directly from the walls and therefore will be hindered in reaching and attacking the preys. Furthermore, many animals use different strategies to access them, in fact some can dig into the ground to create a gap under the fence, with the raised chicken coop their entrance will be prevented by the raised structure.
Secondly, structures resting on the ground often absorb humidity and water, which if it penetrates the manufacturing material begins to swell it, causing openings and holes on its surface, thus weakening its resistance. Following this process it is possible that in the cracks between the boards, germs, bacteria and the red mite, a deadly parasite for these animals, can proliferate. So the fact that the chicken coop is not in contact with the ground and totally exposed to the elements is a point in favor for its maintenance and for its duration. Recall that i chicken coops in HPL laminate they basically solve this problem, since this material is easy to clean and maintain, so there will be no worries about the formation of parasites.
Finally a raised house represents a safe shelter for the chickens: they allow to maintain an average temperature both in summer and in winter, a very important factor given the sensitivity of the chickens to changes, and constitute a shelter in case of rain or too much sun, the space below the platform will have the function of a roof .
Increase safety with the CHICKEN GUARD system
Have you ever wondered how to make yours even more secure garden chicken coop for chickens? The solution is: the new door locking system adapted to the CHICKEN GUARD anti-intrusion model.
You can implement i chicken coops with additional accessories. The POLLY DEFENDER KIT will include two essential elements to protect your beloved animals. The robust and safe anti-predator door, to prevent the previously mentioned predators from sneaking into the compartment. It is made with sliding guides in resistant recycled plastic, HPL laminate, and can be adapted to any chicken coop. The functional automatic door opening system, compatible with all Cucciolotta chicken coops, to close the door manually, automatically at a set time, or according to the external light. This method will prove to be very convenient, especially if you cannot be present at home; just set the time and the system will do everything by itself.
With these two accessories your chickens will be protected 24/24, predators will not be able to access the compartment at night, as they are blocked by a resistant door, which will prevent their access. Double kit and double result: your hens will always be safe and you will have no more worries!
