Chicken enemy #1

While sitting at my computer desk this morning I hear a strange sound....a familiar sound......a destructive sound....so I got up and went outside to investigate where I discovered one of the killers next door had found himself sectioned off in a different part of his yard and he was chewing thru the fence, trying to break into my side of the yard! Ugggghhhh not again! I smacked his protruding nose as he stuck thru the missing slot and quickly found something to block the hole with but this dog is a professional board chewer and a little block isn't going to keep him from chewing further and eventually breaking into my yard. In my haste to find a way to block him I decided to string up some chicken wire but I needed a staple gun, thankfully my Grandparents live down the way from us and They were able to loan me the use of their heavy duty staple gun and also help me string up the wire to block the dog. 

Fortunately chicken wire works in a pinch but unfortunately it isn't a very strong wire and though it's designed to keep chickens in their pen, it isn't really designed to keep predators out. Luckily for me though my parents will be helping me string up some chain link this afternoon. Clearly the owners of these destructive puppies aren't taking their destruction seriously enough and it's up to us to protect our side of the fence. 

This puppy ate that board within a 10 minute period of time, breaking into my yard is obviously easy for him to do and my chickens are at risk of getting attacked! I can't handle another chicken massacre, it would break my heart! As a backyard farmer, work is never done! Even with the small brood we have there's always something going on that needs to be improved or taken care of or worked on. I'd like to trim back my grape vines and completely rebuild my coop when the weather cools for fall. I feel my hens need to have a sturdier pen that won't just keep them in but will be strong enough to withstand an outside attack. 

I'd also like to redesign it for my future garden.....I need more space to plant and though my chickens are prey to other animals, my little tender winter plants are prey to some hungry foraging chickens that love anything green and growing! Lol 

There's still some time before my plants will be ready to transplant into my garden and it's nice days like today that make me want to work in my yard...we never have 70 degree weather in August!!!!