I have been reading problems about birds, squirell, etc.
Well this pen is not for everyone but im sure a few members it could help.
Its an idea that i think with a little tinkering can be fool proof against birds and such , it lets in sun and rain . One could make it bigger higher etc. Its just an idea for starters as its built against a structure you can make it free standing of course. Can get a finer mesh wire, can make a floor so no critter dig under, make a fenced roof, lots of ideas that perhaps someone can use.
Once put up no more need to protect figs from critters well except the occasional bear i have seen pictures of in forum members immediate area.  ; )

In short, its a chicken coup.

Exactly.
For me i truly know i cannot shoot everything and im looking at options for a worse case scenario.
 I can get rid of a squirell or 3 but not the birds if they decide to turn to my fig plants. I have several birdhouses right by the fig trees along with a fountain which they go to right by the plants for 20 years they been there, plants have been there about 7 to 8 seasons and i never had a problem with any critter except 1 year with yellow jackets. I'm sure its just a matter of time and since i only have 15 and will never have more than 20 plants in this area if need be this would be the route i would choose. I really enjoy waking up in summer going out with the dogs enjoying coffee out in yard and admiring the plants each day watching them grow and looking at the figs themsleves, i know im a fignut !!
I would not be able to have the same enjoyment with a net covering them, but i could walk into a stucture built to protect them and walk in there freely.
I know its  not for everyone but i think it might help a few folks i hope.
I really stink at building things, im great at tearing things down but not the other way around, but looking at this its something that i could build and if i can im sure many others can. Truthfully i hope it never comes down to this but i feel its better than looking at a bunch of nets covering my plants and not being able to see there beauty but thats just me.
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It's not pretty, but here's what I made to protect some of my fruit trees. Cheap and easy. The framework is two tiers of 6x6 concrete reinforcing mesh, one five-foot section set on top of the other to make a cylinder ten feet high and ten feet in diameter. I connected the seams with "hog rings" (c-shaped wire staples crimped into place). I covered it all with 3/4" chicken wire, which worked great to keep rabbits, rats, squirrels, and most birds away from the tree. I put 1/2" plastic bird netting over it once I found that little birds could still get through the chicken wire. The plastic around the base keeps our local lizards and snakes from getting stuck in the bird netting.

When I was growing guavas and (trying to grow mangoes) I covered the whole thing (in winter) with plastic to form a quick greenhouse. Of course it won't handle a snow load, for those of you who live where you have to worry about that. The bedsheet on top is to stop the persimmons from getting sunburned.