Chicken Run Question

[bullington]

We live out in the somewhat country and have our share of critters. Part of the coop we have built has an area outside for them to run around out in the dirt. My question is how far have you put the wire underground to deter any type of digging? I was thinking 12" or so? Thoughts?

 

[guard278th]

That's deep enough

 

[bullington]

K thanks. I'm also going to put a rock border around the outside also. Should slow them enough.

 

[midget_farms]

I didn't bury any - I layed 12" of chicken wire flat on the ground around the coop at the bottom of the fence. Diggers are not smart enough to back up a foot. The grass in the yard quickly swallows the wire. After a couple months you cant even see it anymore.

Use galvanized wire though or it just rusts to nothing by the end of the first winter.

 

[darkmatter]

The bottom part of my run fencing is plastic coated wire that I've buried about 6 inches and 12 inches above ground. The rest is standard "chicken wire" suspended from #9 galvanized wire strung post to post. Been working for me.