Recent content by PureFreeRanger

Mr Pink, that's looking mighty fine! Well done. Love how secure and high the netting above looks. We got 2 sides of fence up and all the posts in and secured. My hands are a bit tired from all the wire cutting. Also got some chicken wire under the bottom of the netting to avoid anyone...

Hey everyone. Thought you might like to see the progress we are making. First there was one little house, today we moved in the other one. The 4 hedge posts are in place and just as dark came we got in one section of fence. You have said 3T fencing is best. What I need to know now is where is...

So 3t netting. Where did you get yours from? Looking around there is so much variation in price and hard to tell the difference from the photos on line. I need to nail this down! All corner posts now in, just need to get the stakes and get the fence up and moved the chicken houses etc etc etc!!

Mr Pink: You poor poor thing. What a nightmare. My husband dug 2 holes this afternoon in northern missouri and it was tough just digging 36 inches but nothing like yours ! 2 posts now in. We need the cover across as our hens, guineas and muscovy ducks especially, love to fly.

Wow, you guys are amazing. This site is amazing. And so lovely to see someone else's coup. We mainly let them free range but if the crops are high too many can go missing, so it's going to be used (possibly) for just that time of year. Throwing this out there. I'm allowed to get some...

CaveManRich I hear you! Sorry for such vague sizes! It is going to be 50 feet by 75 feet with the chicken house out in the middle so that could act as a partial support. We are in Missouri so the main threats would be raccoons, hawks, coyotes and owls (sometimes our ducks don't go in...they...

Hello. We have about 40 chickens and are currently building a very large run. Any advice on the netting to have across the top to prevent overhead predators? Thank you.