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I'm in California, Sierra Nevada Foothills. We get black bears here, also mountain lions and bobcats, but I never had any trouble with them.

Given that we've had exactly one in four years, I was thinking giving them new things to draw them in might not be a great idea ... maybe if we had a perimeter fence but I'm attaching this one to the coop itself.

Good to know, I'm going shed shopping! One more question for the group in general ... do you think a prefab shed would work? I don't know if I trust the metal ones, but maybe a resin or wood one?

I thought about that, too ... I don't really have an enclosed coop for them and wasn't sure if attaching a shed would be a good idea or not. I originally did not add one because we have very hot summers and I wasn't sure keeping them shut in a shed in August would be a great idea. But this...

Okay in my head the bear was a lot bigger than this, I guess that's what dramatic experiences do to your brain, lol. It really doesn't look that huge in this picture anymore (I've actually avoided looking at it since this all happened). Anyway, there it is with my doomed chickens clearly visible...

I think I'll add a floodlight to my coop. The bear almost certainly came from the opposite side where my neighbor's house is, so I bet I could rig a light so it won't bother the neighbors. Thanks again!

Wow, so many great ideas, thank you! I'm trying all of these. The bear was huge ... I have cameras out there and got a picture of it. I mean this bear was already so fat, it really did not need to eat 8 chickens. I'm not sure how old it was. A neighbor told me there was a mom with two cubs in...

No dogs, unfortunately. I think dogs would be great but my husband is very anti-dog for reasons that only he understands. I am thinking a floodlight with a motion sensor wouldn't be a terrible idea, though I'm not sure how you stop it getting set off by the chickens ... and I did once have a...

After losing all but one of my chickens in a horrible bear attack last December, I've gone over and over in my head how I am going to rebuild my coop to keep my chickens safe. Previously my coop was covered in hardware cloth, which did a good job keeping out smaller predators but did not slow...