Healthy Chickens All Summer Long - Part 3

Seasonal Solutions from RentACoop

RentACoop has the seasonal solutions you’re looking for to address weather-related chicken challenges and ensure happy and healthy chickens all summer long! 

Welcome to Part 3 of this three-part blog series, where we're sharing our best tips, ideas, and product solutions for three key areas of focus during the summer months: environment, hydration, and security. 

Part 3: Security

Security is another year-round chicken challenge, and warmer temperatures bring increased predator activity and increased dangers to your flock. Fortunately, RentACoop has a variety of ideas and innovative solutions to keep your flock safe and secure throughout the summer! 

 Essential tips to keep your flock safe this summer:

• Types of local predators - Consider what types of predators are common in your area and the specific ways they may pose a risk to your flock. Are your local predators skilled in digging, flying, chewing, reaching, breaking and entering, or all of the above? Knowing the answer to this question will help you plan how to best secure your enclosures to protect your chickens and other animals.

• Overhead Protection - Providing shaded or covered areas for your flock is not only important to provide relief from the heat of the summer sun, but also to protect them from overhead predators, such as hawks and other birds of prey. Free ranging chickens should always have access to tree or brush cover, and/or shaded shelter.   

• Coop Security - When building or selecting your coop, it's important to identify and address any potential areas of weakness in both pre-built and DIY chicken coops. Carefully consider the design and materials, and choose locking or latching doors and windows, and sturdy wire. 

• Wire - All openings and gaps in your coop or enclosure should be protected with wire. The size and placement of your wire are important. Half-inch hardware cloth, chicken wire, and wire fencing are all popular options, depending on what types of predators are present in your area, what kinds of animals you have, and what level of protection you need. 

• Regular Inspections and Maintenance - Coops and fences that are exposed to the elements need to be inspected regularly to ensure they are free of any holes, gaps, interference, or weak spots. Periodic maintenance of outdoor living spaces helps to keep your flock safe and secure! 

Security solutions for your flock:

Summer is the perfect season to install a RentACoop Electric Fence or Non-Electric Boundary Fence. Exploring beyond the run is like a summer vacation for your flock, providing boredom-busting enrichment and an endless buffet of summer plants and insects! 



• Electric Poultry Fencing - Expand your flock's living and foraging space, while protecting them from predators and other animals, and keeping them out of gardens and away from roads and other hazards!

• Each roll of Electric Poultry Fencing provides over 1600 Square Feet of protection.
• Our electric fencing is constructed of durable, pre-fastened, Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Posts placed every 12 feet, and triple-braided stainless steel wire.
• RentACoop Electric Poultry Fences are suitable for chicks as young as 4 weeks through adult poultry, and other animals.
• Our fencing is lightweight and easy to install and move as needed.
• Connect the fence to itself or stop at the edge of your property or building.
• Connect multiple fences together. 
• Electric Fences require a low or wide impedance intermittent pulse energizer with a minimum of .25J of energy per roll - SOLD SEPARATELY!

• Electric Goat Fencing - Create a safe and secure roaming and grazing area for your Goats, Alpacas, Sheep, Horses and other animals, while protecting them from predators and other animals, and keeping them out of gardens and away from roads and other hazards!

• Each roll of Electric Goat Fencing provides over 1700 Square Feet of protection. 
• Our electric fencing is constructed of durable, pre-fastened, Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Posts placed every 12 feet, and triple-braided stainless steel wire. 
• Our fencing is lightweight and easy to install and move as needed.
• Connect the fence to itself or stop at the edge of your property or building.
• Connect multiple fences together.
• Electric Fences require a low or wide impedance intermittent pulse energizer with a minimum of .25J of energy per roll - SOLD SEPARATELY!

• RentACoop Energizers - Energize your Electric Fence and keep your animals safe from predators, out of gardens, and away from roads and other hazards. 

• Solar Energizers
• Collect the energy of the sun to power multiple rolls of RentACoop's Electric Fencing.
• Available in two capacities, our Solar Energizers can store enough energy to last up to 5-7 days without sun.
• Portable, weather resistant, and energy efficient.
• Provides a brief, safe shock that teaches animals to avoid the fence. 
• 12V SLA BATTERY IS INCLUDED
• Plug-In Energizers 
• Available in two capacities to power multiple rolls of RentACoop's Electric Fencing
• Energy efficient operation, costing an average of only a few dollars a year!
• RentACoop Plug-In Energizer can be installed indoors or outdoors (we recommend sheltering the unit from direct rainfall).
• Provides a brief, safe shock that teaches animals to avoid the fence. 

• Non-Electric Boundary Fencing - Do you need a lightweight, non-electric option that allows you to quickly create custom enclosures for your animals? RentACoop's convenient and versatile Non-Electric Boundary Fencing can be placed anywhere to keep your chickens, other pets, and gardens safe. 

• Non-Electric Fences are 48" high and 100' long.
• Each Non-Electric Fence comes with an extra post so you can cut the netting to make two fences!
• Our fencing is lightweight and easy to install and move as needed.
• Connect the fence to itself or stop at the edge of your property or building.
• Connect multiple fences together. 

• RentACoop Fencing Accessories -

1. Solar Accessory Bundle - Everything you need to set up and energize your RentACoop Electric Fencing: .38J Solar Energizer;  3' 4-Part Grounding Rod; Gate Handle Kit; Voltmeter. 
2. Plug-In Accessory Bundle -  Everything you need to set up and energize your RentACoop Electric Fencing: .6J Plug-In Energizer, 3' 4-Part Grounding Rod; Gate Handle Kit; Voltmeter. 
3. Voltmeter - Test the voltage regularly to make sure your electric fence system is operating properly and your animals are safely contained! 
4. Gate Handle Kit - Add an easy-open Gate to ANY RentACoop Electric or Non-Electric Fence for quick access to your animals, garden, driveway, or yard! 

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We hope you'll use the tips, ideas, and product solutions we've shared here to ensure your flock stays happy, healthy, and secure all summer long! Please reach out to our Eggsperts at info@rentacoop.com anytime, with questions or for more information on our products. 

Happy Summer! 

~The RentACoop Team 

Looking for Parts 1 and 2? Read our entire three-part series here: