Hardware cloth on top of run

[L and L]

We are chicken newbies and in the process of re-furbishing an old coop / run. HWC all around and on top. I'm wondering about burying HWC for an apron all around, how deep should this be?

 

[aart]

We are chicken newbies and in the process of re-furbishing an old coop / run. HWC all around and on top. I'm wondering about burying HWC for an apron all around, how deep should this be?

Doesn't need to be deep at all, can be flat on ground and stapled down until grass grows back thru.

Good examples of anti-dig apron installation:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wire-around-coop.1110498/#post-17093528
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-coop-project.1169916/page-2#post-18481208

 

[fuzzi]

We are chicken newbies and in the process of re-furbishing an old coop / run. HWC all around and on top. I'm wondering about burying HWC for an apron all around, how deep should this be?

I did an apron of at least 18" flat around my hoop coop, using landscape pins to keep it flat.

ETA: the soil wouldn't hold the landscaping pins on one side of the coop, so I got some tent stakes:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fuzzis-chicken-journal.1550586/post-26659439

 

[Chicken Chat]

I plan to lay mine flat and put 12 " pavers on top of them so I don't have to weedeat around the edge

 

[aart]

I plan to lay mine flat and put 12 " pavers on top of them so I don't have to weedeat around the edge

Pavers on top of apron is redundant and may actually defeat the whole purpose.
Critters will try to dig under paver and may end up under apron.

 

[Chicken Chat]

Pavers on top of apron is redundant and may actually defeat the whole purpose.
Critters will try to dig under paver and may end up under apron.

This is why we talk these things out! Good point, I wasn't thinking that through.

 

[fuzzi]

This is why we talk these things out! Good point, I wasn't thinking that through.

You can mow over the apron, we do.

 

[fuzzi]

We are chicken newbies and in the process of re-furbishing an old coop / run. HWC all around and on top. I'm wondering about burying HWC for an apron all around, how deep should this be?

I laid my apron in February. I took pictures of it this afternoon:

Can't even see the hardware cloth on this side: