fencing

Howdy! I have a few questions and wanted some feedback on a future coop. It will be a 4x8 coop located inside the shed (pictured below). I'm planning on building onto the shed, meaning I'll only add four walls and a floor to the coop. The shed is made of wooden lattice, which is quite old, but...

We are biting off a lot to make life easier for us. We have a good number of animals and at least the potential for predator problems most people have. I'm about to fence in about 6 acres (~1/3 of property) with fencing to contain sheep and goats. It should keep dogs in as well. I've also done a...

Hey all I’m looking to get a couple sheep on a fenced in half an acre zone. Just curious about a couple things. Would that be a big enough area for them and fencing wise exactly how hard are they to keep in? Could you just use a 4 foot welded wire fence with t posts and corner posts? All info...

Preparing a home for seven adults chickens. I have a small yard in a neighborhood. We have coyotes, bobcats, and the standard neighborhood critters. I have a decent coop coming, but if I attach their run to it the space will be very limited. What I want to do is have a portable run that I can...

I have two ducks, a Pekin and a blue Swedish. I’m building a duck run/coop for them as they outgrow their brooder quickly. I am looking for advice on my fencing. I have an 8.5x6 run 4’ tall that I’ve extended with poles up to 7’. The top need fencing. I am hardware clothing the bottom 2’ but the...

I have posted a couple of photos of our coop set up below. Here’s the situation. We have had our hens (Three Wyandotte’s and three Turkeys) for about three weeks. Our chickens get free roam of our property during the day And I have quickly learned how disgustingly messy they are. I am trying to...

So, I live in a place where there are a lot of vacation rental houses, which ultimately means a lot of random loose dogs and other things. Also, we have a public access path one yard over which leads to a lot of random people/dogs coming through. Our yard is quite big, and not fenced, and not...

Hi guys, I’m currently looking at a few different options for a duck pen/chicken coop, and have been looking at some enclosures online (photo attached) however after reading a few blogs/websites about what wire is best to use for predator protection, I’m not feeling confident that this will hold...

I'm currently designing my outside enclosure that will be all 1/2 inch hardware cloth. However we do have a large fenced yard we would like them to possibly free range in when we are home. The bottom fence boards are elevated about 6-8 inches off the ground, is this something I should cover with...

Hey all, Just building our first coop! It's 4'x6' and will house 4 hens. I'm currently designing the outdoor run area that will be 12'x6' and 4' tall. I'm just trying to decide on whether or not to cover it. The sides will have 1/2 wire Hardware cloth. We live in a rural setting on the coast...

I'm doing some super thorough research before taking the leap in to owning Emu. Bare with me as I explain prior to my question: I have more than enough land (220 acres) with horses, cattle, donkeys, mini miles, chickens, and ducks. My parents live at the other end of the ranch, half mile away...

im planning on getting an ostrich or two but im not sure what kind of fencing would be the most cost efficient but also the strongest

In the Q&A portion of this 330' roll of wire on the TSC website, the manufacturer provides links to this image when asked about the size of their wire. The width of the openings is 6" I deduced that these dimensions were small enough to contain my hens. After hauling the 120 pound rolll of...

Recently I invested in the 39 meter length of Omlet chicken fencing. ( You can find it by Googling “Omlet fence.”) This is an easy to install, movable fence for use with chickens. My husband and I found it trickier to put the poles together than we expected but once we did, we found them very...

Okay, I’m math... ummm... challenged so I could use some help with this. My coop and attached run. (It’s a chicken tractor so the coop sits on top of the run) are 3 feet wide by 14 feet long. I am ordering Omlet brand chicken netting/fencing to allow my girls SUPERVISED free range time outside...

I am considering in buying the Omlet chicken fencing. I would use it around my chicken coop and run for SUPERVISED free ranging only. I understand that it won’t keep any predators out but is only designed to keep chickens in a certain area of your yard or garden. Has anyone used it? Is it...

Hi y’all I am considering getting some electric net fencing for my chickens. I’m too old to have to keep moving cattle panel fencing. My problem is that my chickens don’t try to go under my 4 ft. cattle panel fence, they fly over. Even though I’ve cut everyone's flight feathers on both wings...

Hello all BYC'ers! Sorry for the length.. just wanted to give a bit of a set up.... Our flock currently free ranges in our backyard, but for a variety of reasons I'd like to provide them with another space so they aren't in the back yard as much messing it all up. We have a somewhat unique set...

Sothis past weekend was run work. I put posts in the ground to make a 32x10' run. My husband and I made the ceiling out of old cattle panels, so his 6'5" frame can walk in the run. We also put horse fencing around the perimeter. Today I am digging trenches and putting chicken wire around the...