The easiest way I've seen to make a chunnel is to take a 4 foot wide roll of half inch hardware cloth, and cut off a length of the roll, that's the same length as you want your tunnel to be. Then roll the wire longways, like a giant cigarette, with a 4 inch lap along the length of the hardware cloth, that you zip tie, so the giant cigarette doesn't unroll.
Crimp the last inch of the zip tie in a fish hook shape, then push the zip tie into the lap of the hardware cloth, pull the zip tie back up, the end through a different hole in the hardware cloth, then zip it. Repeat every few feet.
It's as simple as that, the chickens will be in a predator proof chunnel, to where ever you want them to go.
The chickens run along the bottom of the round tube easily.
It's also nice because you're not cutting anything but the end of the chunnel, so there won't be any sharp edges on the lap of the hardware cloth.
Crimp the last inch of the zip tie in a fish hook shape, then push the zip tie into the lap of the hardware cloth, pull the zip tie back up, the end through a different hole in the hardware cloth, then zip it. Repeat every few feet.
It's as simple as that, the chickens will be in a predator proof chunnel, to where ever you want them to go.
The chickens run along the bottom of the round tube easily.
It's also nice because you're not cutting anything but the end of the chunnel, so there won't be any sharp edges on the lap of the hardware cloth.
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