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Why do people on this sub seem to want to take every step except properly securing their chickens?

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Why do folks on this sub seem ready to try every trick in the book—except properly securing their chickens? It’s a puzzling trend, with countless posts detailing unfortunate encounters with critters that sneak into unsecured coops or snatch free-range chickens. Many even resort to unconventional methods, like using other birds to scare off predators! Yet, when someone suggests that a solid coop is the key to keeping your feathered friends safe, the backlash can be intense. Why the anger at such a straightforward solution? Perhaps it’s a mix of pride and vulnerability; admitting a lack of security feels like a personal failure. But let’s face it—if your chicken gets got, it’s not just nature’s doing; it’s a wake-up call to beef up those defenses!

It seems like every other post is a post about how some critter got into an unsecured or poorly built coop or how another critter ate a free range chicken or how someone is afraid of predators from above so they try to scare them away using other birds….

And yet whenever it suggested that it’s generally more effective to properly secure your chickens people seem to get really angry about that.

Why would people get genuinely angry about the most effective solution for keeping your chickens safe? Because honestly, if you’re chicken gets got, that’s not the fault of nature were the predators living in the area. That’s your fault for not securing your chickens properly.

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