Thought i'd post an update on the pen I ended up building for my Emus. Might be overkill for Emus at six feet, but I wanted to have the option to maybe one day place other things in it that might need more secure fencing.
Its five foot high stretched horse wire (three inch wide spacing) with...
Yeah that would be nice to work on some stickys, with "best practices" for keeping ratites.
Back to the subject of fences, I've been researching all week and there seems to be only ONE kind of 8 foot (or taller) fence with 3 inch stays, and that's made by bekaert. All other woven wire game...
I just want to build this enclosure right the first time, and build it strong enough and tall enough that I can have the option of putting ostrich or cassowary in there one day if it happens. (of course would move the emus/rheas out of it if that happened, into another area). Six foot would be...
I was going to make a thread just on this very topic. I need to create a new one acre pen and am trying to decide on what type of fence. I always hear that "chain link" is better for emus/ratites but what is so much better about chain link compared to say a stretched no climb horse fence? The...