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:) My brother suggested hinged beams between the bents. And backing the tractor up beneath them to sort of accordion fold the frame onto the carry forks/platform. Not having to carry the bents may or may not be worth the complications for the carry forks/platform design so it wouldn't require...

Plan B Wattle hurdles (picture from the internet) I may not have enough bird netting for plan A as it is. I could use a combination of bird netting and wattle hurdles. Or just the hurdles. When at least some of the snow melts, I'll cut some willows and experiment; see how fast/easy it goes.

Per Log weight calculator on woodworking site for 2" on small end, 3" on big end of "logs" at 75% moisture ... each bent will weigh about 70 lbs. Air dry wood is about 20% moisture. Calculator for weight of cubic foot of various species of wood at various moisture levels gives best estimate...

Thank you cavemanrich, that makes a lot of sense if I were buying the materials. Current plan is to not buy anything. After sketching and discarding several concepts... this is Plan A. It is mostly but not completely to scale. Overhead and bent figures are one square is one foot. Details of...

Notes on building flight pens from https://www.pheasant.com - Knotted is much stronger than knitted. - they use 6" round posts, 10' above ground (I missed how far they bury them; below frost line probably). - Airline cable is much easier to work with than high tensile fence wire - cable goes...

Wow!!!! Perfect!!!!! My brother reminded me of the dump rakes. We have two I can use. Edit to say.. Actually, they are now mine, not just the use of them. Much better than the running gear or trying to cobble bike frames together. I'll take the teeth off (or not) and build some booms and...

I think you are both right. I saved the concept pictures that I fell asleep gathering last night... they might help even with shorter walls. My current version of a plan is the pvc pipe as the "booms" like the spray rig. I don't have hinges but I can use holes and screws

Ideas for concept for the framework holding the netting. I checked prices and characteristics of chicken wire and bird netting; bird netting looks better other than it won't last as long unless I can keep it out of the sun.

Do you think bicycle wheels would go over the furrows better? Or, I have old truck tires and tractor tires. I was going to make potato towers out of them but I don't have to do that. They aren't good for much but some of them might handle this sort of thing. I think they would work even without...

I want to build the biggest pen that I can reliably move around over rough ground. Ideally, I like it tall enough for them to have the option of a little flying. This project is for daytime only, good weather only, and no predator defenses. The fencing needs to have a flexible bottom edge to...