Working on a home for the ducks, now that the chicken coop is complete. This will be a nighttime enclosure with some individual duck houses inside for shelter if they need/want it. I am planning the enclosure right now at 10' x 18'. I will line the bottom 3 feet of the outside edge with hardware cloth--but here's the question. DH does not want to dig a trench around the entire thing (like we did the smaller chicken enclosure) to bury the hardware cloth. With our hard pack clay soil I can't blame him. LOL So I am thinking maybe I should put hardware cloth on the entire bottom as well to keep digging predators (and snakes out) I will be building a frame to attach it to and will stretch the hardware cloth across to secure it. Is it going to be alright to walk on if the edges are stitched together cleanly with wire, or would you recommend that I put cross braces to staple it to? If so, would a 2x2 be ok for ducks to step over? I saw a fox the other night peeking through our fence and I dont' want anything to happen to the ducks. The chickens are in a coop at night but I would rather not build another building for the ducks and coop them.
Thanks in advance for any input.
Thanks in advance for any input.