After 5 years a bear finally got to the chickens

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This is a seemingly very well-built and sturdy chicken coop that has housed our 5 birds successfully for five years. A few weeks ago my wife saw a black bear running through the back yard. Today when she went out there to get eggs, she found this and all the chickens missing. He ripped the door apart leaving the hinges behind. My wife also found a large pile of scat next to the coop.
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Racoons and Coyotes were problematic for us. One time we let the chickens out to free range and we came back to 14 dead chickens from a coyote. Part of the challenge of living with nature.

Sorry for your loss. It will be extra hard now to keep the bear away.
 
Your 5 year old chickens are still laying? I'm guessing production is down by half of what it was when they were 2 years old?
 
We've lost chickens from bobcats and hawks, but never a bear. Time to bearproof!
I thought we did! Lol... Never imagined he'd just pull the door off. That really was a very sturdy coop! Thick hardware cloth all around and really solid hardware on the doors with sturdy carabiners to lock everything up.
 
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