Chain link dog kennel warning

[bryan99705]

It happened again. Friend called and was hit by a stray dog today (lucky it could not fit thru the chicken door)

His run is dog kennel panels but we saw that not every end of the wire was secured to the pipe frame. The dog pushed thru a gap between the cheezy factory fasteners and pulled one loose possibly damaged and got in the run.

Please check along the base of your panels and make sure you are as secure as you think you are

 

[BarefootMom]

I would cover the bottom of any chainlink with hardware cloth at least 2 feet up. We had german shepherds and they DESTROYED a brand NEW Chainlink Dog pen...just to get out and run around...I can imagine what a dog could do to get a chicken...

 

[Ladybird CA]

Thank you for the warning. Glad his chickens are safe.

 

[BoltonChicken]

I'd go even tougher than barefootmom, in that I would put hog wire OVER the hardware cloth on the bottom three feet.

 

[patandchickens]

Glad a your friend's chickere ok. Unfortunately there is a lot of poorly-made chainlink on the market today -- flimsy gauge wire, not tightly enough stretched, too loosely attached to frame with wrong fasteners and too few of 'em, that sort of thing. Your post is a good reminder for people to be careful.

Pat