HELP!! Wire for run!

[AnnainMD]

Would the 2x4 welded wire keep out minks and weasels do you think?

 

[Chicken0Boy]

I dont know but I have never seen one around here. Do you think 4 cats and a dog would take care of some predators?

 

[dacjohns]

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It won't even slow them down. They can fit the opening with no problem at all.

 

[AnnainMD]

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It won't even slow them down. They can fit the opening with no problem at all.

Thanks, that's what I needed to know. Hardware cloth it is! I don't think I want to take the chance that my 5 yo will walk into a slaughterhouse when he goes to get some eggs. Ugh, just the thought makes me sick. He cried when I said the minnows in the rain barrel had probably died.

 

[dacjohns]

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It won't even slow them down. They can fit the opening with no problem at all.

Thanks, that's what I needed to know. Hardware cloth it is! I don't think I want to take the chance that my 5 yo will walk into a slaughterhouse when he goes to get some eggs. Ugh, just the thought makes me sick. He cried when I said the minnows in the rain barrel had probably died.

Dogs can tear through hardware cloth. You need at least two layers of defense. I reccomend the mentioned welded wire fence with hardware cloth.

See patandchickens posts. She makes some real good reccomendations.

almost identical thread here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=322896

 

[AnnainMD]

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Thanks, that's what I needed to know. Hardware cloth it is! I don't think I want to take the chance that my 5 yo will walk into a slaughterhouse when he goes to get some eggs. Ugh, just the thought makes me sick. He cried when I said the minnows in the rain barrel had probably died.

Dogs can tear through hardware cloth. You need at least two layers of defense. I reccomend the mentioned welded wire fence with hardware cloth.

See patandchickens posts. She makes some real good reccomendations.

almost identical thread here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=322896

Oh yeah, I've read anything and everything about it, including having patandchickens give me advice.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Thanks I am at ease with the run! I know how I am gonna work it now!

 

[patandchickens]

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Nope, not for one moment. Keeping out minks and weasels is not compatible with going cheapie on the run.

You need nothing larger than 1x1 welded wire mesh (and some weasels may still squeeze through) for them, or hardwarecloth.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat