Examine Coop Structure & Predator Deterrence

folks this is my little backyard flock and despite the fact that i live on a large piece of property i live in 150 acres i still call these my backyard chickens they're actually in my front yard they help support the garden right over here they scratch through the garden after it's all done and they also help support my egg habit and provide fertilizer for my yard at times now the only modification i've really made to this coop since i bought it is this chicken guard automatic chicken coop door opener you can see it closing right now it's been on there for about two years and i built this coop somewhere in the neighborhood of six years ago this is just about right to house eight chickens i have had as many as 12 chickens in here and it's done just fine however i was overrun with eggs so i ended up giving away some of those chickens to folks that could use them so this is an eight by eight run out here so in other words eight by eight it's sitting on four by fours pressure treated four by fours that's what's touching the ground and then i built a frame an eight by eight frame this is four feet tall okay if i had to do it again i'd probably build it a full eight feet tall so that i could get in there up a little higher and i could shovel this out and clean it out just a little bit easier there are a whole lot of thought processes at work here there are solar lights all around the coop right here that's to help deter predators you can see a solar light there this is a motion activated solar light that's a solar light they're all over the coop and that helps me to keep predators away because you're not really fencing in chickens as much as you're fencing out predators these guys are cute aren't they very cool so the water that i have in