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  1. LaurelRidgeDreams

    Hardware cloth eating predators?

    Quote: No longer true!!!!!!!!! My husband saw a bear this past weekend on our property about 200 yards from the house and chicken coop. I'm really trying not to worry about this. So far, we have had no problem with the multitude of predators that live around here.
  2. LaurelRidgeDreams

    Hardware cloth eating predators?

    Quote: I've bought every washer the local hardware store had:) We used screws and washers every five inches. I don't think the screen could be pulled out. Short of ripping holes in the hardware cloth, don't think it's going anywhere. It's the thought of somehow knawing or clawing through it...
  3. LaurelRidgeDreams

    Hardware cloth eating predators?

    We have bears in the mountains of NC but I've never seen one on our farm. We have seen foxes, racoons, deer, hawks, and bobcats. Since we started building the coop we've seen foxes three times. It's very good to hear that they shouldn't be able to tear apart the hardware cloth. I like the idea...
  4. LaurelRidgeDreams

    Hardware cloth eating predators?

    My chickens come next week, we've just finished the coop/run and now I have visions of hardware cloth eating predators. We have used 19 gauge, 1/2 inch hardware cloth everywhere. There isn't more than a 1/2 inch opening anywhere. The top of the run is also covered in this, along with an 18...
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