Keikuri
Chirping
Was wondering if you guys could help point me in the right direction. I need to build a few pens on the lawn for 32 ducks to have safe grass time without getting murdered by bobcats. These will just be day pens to shoo them into, not attached to their coops. But the more i Google the more i realize i dont know anything.
Initially i figured i’d be burying wood posts, but then i saw other people making their pens sitting right on top of the ground. No digging except to maybe bury hardware cloth. Would a pen built like that be just as sturdy/safe as one built with buried posts? Would there be a reason as to why i shouldnt make a pen this way?
There’s also no flat section in our yard, i’m using the flattest section i can but it’s still a hill. Plus i was told i’d need to bury the posts 3ft deep but my own research says 4ft due to the frost line. We live on very heavy clay soil that becomes hardpan, very hard, about 2-3ft down. Plus there’s quite a few heavy stones and boulders hidden in the ground, resulting in having to dig much bigger holes than needed.
If i do manage to bury posts down far enough, would they still all shift around due to the weight of the pen and being on a slope? Would a non-buried pen shift or no?
Sorry if this seems a bit jumbled or if i’m forgetting to add something. What do you all think? Should i still go with burying posts or make something that sits on the ground? I’ve never done anything like this before so any help or insight would be much appreciated!
Initially i figured i’d be burying wood posts, but then i saw other people making their pens sitting right on top of the ground. No digging except to maybe bury hardware cloth. Would a pen built like that be just as sturdy/safe as one built with buried posts? Would there be a reason as to why i shouldnt make a pen this way?
There’s also no flat section in our yard, i’m using the flattest section i can but it’s still a hill. Plus i was told i’d need to bury the posts 3ft deep but my own research says 4ft due to the frost line. We live on very heavy clay soil that becomes hardpan, very hard, about 2-3ft down. Plus there’s quite a few heavy stones and boulders hidden in the ground, resulting in having to dig much bigger holes than needed.
If i do manage to bury posts down far enough, would they still all shift around due to the weight of the pen and being on a slope? Would a non-buried pen shift or no?
Sorry if this seems a bit jumbled or if i’m forgetting to add something. What do you all think? Should i still go with burying posts or make something that sits on the ground? I’ve never done anything like this before so any help or insight would be much appreciated!
