FENCE HEIGHT

[ButtonquailGirl14]

is 6ft high enough for my chicken run??? i am chicken wiring the already fenced in garden and want to make sure that they are safe.

 

[HuskerHens18]

My chickens can clear a 6'5 fence with ease if they've got a running start.
Will you have a top on the run? I suggest getting one, it will be 100% worth it.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

i will try, i know that polish are a easy target for hawks, but what should i use? i would like to find a cheeper option (pun intended)

 

[bruceha2000]

Depends on the age and breed of the chicken. All of my 2015's could land on the 5' tall gate from slightly downhill last year. Several of them would greet me up by the house in the morning even though they were supposed to be "contained". I've not seen them do it this year. Maybe because they've gotten heavier though the 2 Exchequer Leghorns are still small bodied birds.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

okay....meh. what is a good cover so they cannot get out?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

their pen is 55x55x55x55

 

[HuskerHens18]

their pen is 55x55x55x55

I just bought deer netting. I haven't put it up yet. I'll have to google quick to check pricing on it

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Thanks!!!

 

[bruceha2000]

You can get netting but I would more likely do that to prevent aerial predation than to keep the birds in. At that size you'll need support poles or tensioned wire.

BTW poultry wire is not predator proof. Coons can reach through and snag a chicken laying against the fence. Larger predators can rip it apart.

 

[HuskerHens18]

https://www.amazon.com/DeerBlock-Ne...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KCDBT6WN8TG7ED13HAQ2
I got mine from Menards, but it looks like Amazon is cheaper.