ok i feel like Nancy drew trying to find all the clues and hints on how to make a good Low cost pen/coop ((side note why are some called coops and other pens??) anyway so i noticed at the store its Much cheaper to buy the hard Plastic poultry netting, comes in a dark green color, but i noticed many of you don't use that. you use the steel. i wonder how strong or how well it really is? can coons or other quail eating animals Break and chew it with there teeth?? let me know thanks!!
i wouldn't use plastic, main thing is threat of invaders, a racoon could EASILY tear that open, and ravage your whole flock as far as the coop/pen, i've always thought that coops were for multiple birds, and pens are for breeding (1m/1f)
Ok Ms Nancy.... Drew Yourself A Favor ( )... Pony Up The Money And Build It Out Of 1/2 Inch Hardware Cloth (metal Hardware Cloth) While The Initial Onset Will Be More Expensive The Lack Of Lost Stock Catches You Up In A Short Time Period My Advice... Dont Use Plastic Fencing Of Anykind Unless You Purposefully Want To Feed Predators. It Has Zero Tenstile Strength... Poor Stuff Could Keep A Garden Slug Out, Much Less A Hungry Raccoon
Quote: Well you talked me in to it. will do. Sounds like its worth the extra money for a number of reasons. "1/2 Inch Hardware Cloth" CHECKED, off on my list of things to get. thank you!!
Technically, the coop is the enclosed house used for nighttime confinement. A pen or run is an area enclosed in fencing for the purpose of containing livestock or poultry. Generally, you would have a coop inside of or connected to the pen or run.
I have used it but only because I was using for containment only. I would never think of using it to deter predators. My geese can break through it if they want to. I lock everyone up safe and sound about an hour before dark. Regular chicken wire isn't even strong enough to deter predators. However if you wish to divide up a pen into different sections or something like that its great. No cutting yourself on the wire and you can cut it with scissors.
We use the plastic stuff only as toppers on our runs, to keep chickens from flying out and unwanted 'visitors' from flying in during the day, and everybody is locked up tight at night.
Quote:i thought of that, but then the other thought popped into mind...pop sticking to the plastic D: at least moreso then stickign to the smaller wire
