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    NEW to BYC ... rolling coop / cattle panel / moveable run ... Ontario Canada

    Thanks Lynnehd ... great advice.
  2. Marco and Mary

    Free range yard and cattle panel.

    The snow fence idea got me looking into what our farm hardware store carries and I think I found just the thing. 14 gage wire fencing 5' tall 100' roll ... $146CDN. Fence spacing is 4"x2" ... So smaller than the Cattle panel. This should work and save me a ton. If I used snow fence or...
  3. Marco and Mary

    Free range yard and cattle panel.

    This is an awesome idea! HD also sells that orange or green plastic utility fence ... that could also work. Why didn't I think of that! :)
  4. Marco and Mary

    NEW to BYC ... rolling coop / cattle panel / moveable run ... Ontario Canada

    Thanks guys ... though we are not a fan of the round up use we are unfortunately not at the point where we can take over farming the land ourselves and do it without spray. We have fields on basically all sides so we can't really move away from the soy crop. The good news is that they are...
  5. Marco and Mary

    Free range yard and cattle panel.

    Thanks ... I was hoping the cattle panel would work. I read once that people clip wings to discourage fence jumping ... What are people's thoughts on that. We really want free range chickens ... But also want to keep them out of the sprayed cash crop fields and vegetable garden near by.
  6. Marco and Mary

    Free range yard and cattle panel.

    Hi there ... We are new to chickens and want to contain our future chickens to a 1/4 acre free range chicken yard. Is using 50" cattle panel a bad idea for containing the birds? I need to move the free range yard annually so the modular cattle panels are attractive to me. Do you think the...
  7. Marco and Mary

    New to BYC ... and to raising chickens. Ontario Canada

    Thanks drumstick diva. I've heard the new roundup dissipates quite quickly and absorbs quickly into the plants it's sprayed onto (including the soy crop). We try to avoid the fields after they have been sprayed for a few days. We do not have a well ... We are on cistern with city delivered...
  8. Marco and Mary

    New to BYC ... and to raising chickens. Ontario Canada

  9. Marco and Mary

    NEW to BYC ... rolling coop / cattle panel / moveable run ... Ontario Canada

    Hi Latestarter ... thanks for the info. I'm building the coop on a large farm trailer frame so the floor space will between 6'X12'' and 6X14' ... also assuming that we will likely not keep all the roosters. finally ceiling will be 6' and 8' ... so lots of room for roost overkill. I...
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    NEW to BYC ... rolling coop / cattle panel / moveable run ... Ontario Canada

    Hi all ... Never in my life did I think I would write these words ... "what an awesome chicken website"! My wife Mary and I purchased a derelict farm on the Welland River in the Niagara region of Ontario Canada. We spent two years clearing the land and then three years building what I think...
  11. Marco and Mary

    New to BYC ... and to raising chickens. Ontario Canada

    Hi all ... Never in my life did I think I would write these words ... "what an awesome chicken website"! My wife Mary and I purchased a derelict farm on the Welland River in the Niagara region of Ontario Canada. We spent two years clearing the land and then three years building what I think...
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