Aviary Netting or what Should I use ?

[SunHwaKwon]

The 2x2 are wood and pressure treated. They have them at Lowe's and Home Depot and I'm sure other lumber places as well. I bury them 1' to leave them sticking up 7'.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I took some pictures today while I was out working on it. I ordered some shade fabric from Walmart.com (3rd party vendor) and have put that over my netting. I chose to go with shade cloth for shade that doesn't get torn apart like tarps do, still lets rain through for my future deep litter, and works as a visual barrier against aerial predators. Without the shade cloth my birds really can't use the room from about 10am to 5pm because it's too hot. I have a few supportive posts but I need to add at least one more. My airline cable was already sized and cut for the run I had before I moved so I had to be creative when I put it up on this run. There is still a bit of sag since my sides are dog run panels and if you pull the cable or being too tight, the panels will lean inward. I am only 5'4", though, so I don't need a lot of head room. I still have a lot of work to do for security and then looks.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I took some pictures today while I was out working on it. I ordered some shade fabric from Walmart.com (3rd party vendor) and have put that over my netting. I chose to go with shade cloth for shade that doesn't get torn apart like tarps do, still lets rain through for my future deep litter, and works as a visual barrier against aerial predators. Without the shade cloth my birds really can't use the room from about 10am to 5pm because it's too hot. I have a few supportive posts but I need to add at least one more. My airline cable was already sized and cut for the run I had before I moved so I had to be creative when I put it up on this run. There is still a bit of sag since my sides are dog run panels and if you pull the cable or being too tight, the panels will lean inward. I am only 5'4", though, so I don't need a lot of head room. I still have a lot of work to do for security and then looks.

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How many kennels is that together? Do the gaps matter or maybe you have something over them that I cannot see?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Which gaps? I have gaps in the shade cloth but full coverage with the netting. It's a kennel from Lowe's, a kennel from Tractor Supply, and an extra pair of panels from Tractor Supply. I mixed them up because the Lowe's one has the nice big door that I can fit my wheelbarrow through while the TSC one has a regular door plus two small removable panels that can be made into chicken doors.

The sides are wrapped in 5' tall 1" netting that I got on clearance at TSC. On the ground I have a 18" wide skirt. I have some more hardware cloth that I plan to wrap the sides in to close the bottom gaps created by building it on sloped land. It will also help keep snakes out when the gates are closed.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Which gaps? I have gaps in the shade cloth but full coverage with the netting. It's a kennel from Lowe's, a kennel from Tractor Supply, and an extra pair of panels from Tractor Supply. I mixed them up because the Lowe's one has the nice big door that I can fit my wheelbarrow through while the TSC one has a regular door plus two small removable panels that can be made into chicken doors.

The sides are wrapped in 5' tall 1" netting that I got on clearance at TSC. On the ground I have a 18" wide skirt. I have some more hardware cloth that I plan to wrap the sides in to close the bottom gaps created by building it on sloped land. It will also help keep snakes out when the gates are closed.

Gaps where the panels meet? But, it sounds like those are covered in netting. That's what I couldn't see.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

The gap between the panels are only about 2", the same as the spacing in the wire, so they don't necessarily need to be covered.