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  1. Cryss

    How important is hardware cloth? Southern CA.

    Naaah. I only figured it out as I was trying to sketch out my plan.when I saw something didn't quite fit I was very pleasantly surprised to find it didn't double, it tripled!.
  2. Cryss

    How important is hardware cloth? Southern CA.

    It happened by accident!:lau Well. Kinda. When you butt 2 fully assembled 10x10 up against each other you have two 10x10 runs. You must remove the one panel that butts up against the other run from BOTH runs. If you connect the runs now you have one10x20 run AND two unused panels. So DON'T...
  3. Cryss

    How important is hardware cloth? Southern CA.

    Nice! I did basically the same thing. I started with a 6x10x10 chain link dog run that I covered with hardware cloth and used 1x2 wire as the roof. The coop was inside the run. When spring came round again I add3d another 10x10 dog run which gave me a 10x30 run. I covered that the same but...
  4. Cryss

    How important is hardware cloth? Southern CA.

    Yeah, but chickens will eat mice.
  5. Cryss

    How important is hardware cloth? Southern CA.

    The only problem I found with 1/4 HC as opposed to 1/2 HC is that 1/4 is only 23 guage. Much much thinner than 1/2 inch which is 19 gauge. The 23 guage can be ripped easily. That being said, I did start out in my early days using 1/4 inch thinking smaller holes were better. Later I changed over...
  6. Cryss

    How important is hardware cloth? Southern CA.

    Shop around. I buy hardware cloth online and from home depot. I get 1/2 inch x 4ft x 100ft for $165 plus tax. I'd say use 2 rolls. Cut 60 feet off and wrap that around that 10x20 run. You can either bury it 2 feet down or bend it in half lengthwise to spread a 2 foot apron. Take the second...
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