Lemon-Drop
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First off, I apologize if this is the wrong area to post this. Please move it if needed 
Secondly, my question.
Background:
Unfortunately, due to avian influenza, predators, and neighbors, my flock has been unable to free range for a while. Luckily HPAI is no longer a big risk for me. While I do worry about predators - I know this might be controversial - my flock loves to forage and be in the grass, and I think it’s best for them to have happy lives and take the potential risk rather than living long, safe lives without the joy of foraging.
The last issue is neighbors - I have neighbors on both sides of their run. Not super close, but the flock often wanders into their yards. I have a good relationship with my neighbors, and while they actually enjoy the chickens in their yards, one has a young dog that eats their poop and makes her sick (and also chases birds) and the other has a garden that my flock likes to dust bathe in. So, they politely asked if I could keep the flock in my yard, which I’m very happy to do. But, since the chickens don’t understand boundaries, I think putting up a small, temporary fence would be helpful.
So, I get that this really isn’t free ranging, as they’ll technically be confined to a fenced area, but they definitely enjoy the grass (their run, while large, is grass less at the moment).
So anyways, I want to put up an inexpensive fence to deter them from the neighbors yards. I was thinking just a safety fence with some stakes would work - I don’t think it needs to be super strong, but just to stop them from so easily going into the other yards.
My main question is how tall it should be. I don’t have much of a budget, and I know that the taller the more expensive…
So, my question is:
How tall should the fence be?
Thanks so much!
Secondly, my question.
Background:
Unfortunately, due to avian influenza, predators, and neighbors, my flock has been unable to free range for a while. Luckily HPAI is no longer a big risk for me. While I do worry about predators - I know this might be controversial - my flock loves to forage and be in the grass, and I think it’s best for them to have happy lives and take the potential risk rather than living long, safe lives without the joy of foraging.
The last issue is neighbors - I have neighbors on both sides of their run. Not super close, but the flock often wanders into their yards. I have a good relationship with my neighbors, and while they actually enjoy the chickens in their yards, one has a young dog that eats their poop and makes her sick (and also chases birds) and the other has a garden that my flock likes to dust bathe in. So, they politely asked if I could keep the flock in my yard, which I’m very happy to do. But, since the chickens don’t understand boundaries, I think putting up a small, temporary fence would be helpful.
So, I get that this really isn’t free ranging, as they’ll technically be confined to a fenced area, but they definitely enjoy the grass (their run, while large, is grass less at the moment).
So anyways, I want to put up an inexpensive fence to deter them from the neighbors yards. I was thinking just a safety fence with some stakes would work - I don’t think it needs to be super strong, but just to stop them from so easily going into the other yards.
My main question is how tall it should be. I don’t have much of a budget, and I know that the taller the more expensive…
So, my question is:
How tall should the fence be?
Thanks so much!
