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Originally Posted by Babbs1957 View Post
I have used individual fence pickets from HD/LWS, pine and cedar. A little easier for predators to chew the hole larger, but adding a metal ring solved it. Not sure how a fence picket BB house would hold up in a hurricane, but probably better than a straw house

Thanks for distance suggestion between houses too.
“Not sure how a fence picket BB house would hold up in a hurricane“

All depends on the builder

I use metal around entry holes if I place houses on trees which I usually try to avoid.