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    Just got our chicks - need to plan yard fencing and a run

    Excellent, just what I wanted to know! Thank you all for your friendly advice :)
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    Just got our chicks - need to plan yard fencing and a run

    Thanks for the advice. So you are saying if I went for a bigger area, to include some of the trees behind the house (they are indeed large, 60-100 year old maples), I could simply "fence" the run in with some electrified netting and won't have to worry about the apron/burying fencing at all...
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    Just got our chicks - need to plan yard fencing and a run

    Thanks for the replies all. The perimeter fencing (around the property line) is just to keep them inside while free-ranging. The run itself I want to to make as predator proof as possible. Think I will go with the apron approach for the cloth - I like not having to break my back digging through...
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    Just got our chicks - need to plan yard fencing and a run

    I am in talks with a few local guys about having a coop built, so that's mostly taken care of, but we have a need for a few fences: We live on a rectangular plot that's about 2.25 acres with the house set basically dead center. The right side of the property has our well, pump house, shed and...
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    First timer in Virginia

    Just ordered 15 chicks from McMurray. 10 Americanas and 5 Pearl White Leghorns and then the one "exotic" they give you for free. This is our very first experience with this, so lots to learn still. We live on 2 acres that is currently not fenced at all. We have a raised-bed veggie garden going...
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