How high should my chicken run fence be

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The good news is I just finished putting up a 4' chicken fence because I'm going to reseed the lawn. You can figure out what the bad news is. Guess I should have gone to this forum first. Oh well, got a pretty good laugh and a great memory of my two hens flying that fence with room to spare. Plan B is fencing the vegetable gardens and forget about the lawn.
 
My run is 6 feet high with wire over the top. Some people use the deep litter method in their runs, but I scoop the run every day. Doesn't take but a few minutes.
 
Mine is 6ft high and I wouldn't want anything shorter. I just put deer netting over the top to keep the birds from flying out and other birds flying in. Certainly wouldn't stand up to any predators but I wasn't looking for that anyways.
 
brood mother said:
Ok I feel stupid, but what do mean by scoop?? What is deep litter?? My run is just dirt bottom.
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Deep litter is a type to bedding method. I don't do it so I can't give you more info, you can search it using the search bar near the top of the page though. I'm sure there is a ton of info on it. Scooping just means using a scoop (cat litter scoop is what I use) to clean up chicken poo. My chicken run is rock, it's a huge pain in the butt. I pressure wash it to remove piles of poo
 
just finishing up my run(s). They are 5 ft tall 20x20 each , as i plan to do rotation.Here on the coast restaurants use spider wire aka fishing line to control seagulls , pigeons , and other birds from landing on the railing at restaurants.. Also farmers here use it to keep crows out the garden. I plan to use it over my runs. Anyone else using this method ? The idea is , birds can see it but can't manipulate the distance between the strands so they don't risk getting caught up in it. I live in the deep woods but my only predator is the red tail hawk because I have good dogs.
 

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