Horse wire mesh for the coop? NON-CLIMBABLE, AND PREDATOR SAFE?

[Chick_a_dee]

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Well, I was thinking that since cedar shavings aren't good, cedar posts wouldn't either. Anyway, we're going with the hardware mesh, and since we live right on the edge of the shield, we have a bagillion large rocks lying around the property which we'll make a border for the run out of.

 

[patandchickens]

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Nope, posts are absolutely fine. Chickens do not eat or breathe solid posts

Anyway, we're going with the hardware mesh, and since we live right on the edge of the shield, we have a bagillion large rocks lying around the property which we'll make a border for the run out of.

Ha, yes, there are *some* advantages of all the clutter the glaciers left behind, aren't there. We've got that here too

Pat​

 

[Chick_a_dee]

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Nope, posts are absolutely fine. Chickens do not eat or breathe solid posts

Anyway, we're going with the hardware mesh, and since we live right on the edge of the shield, we have a bagillion large rocks lying around the property which we'll make a border for the run out of.

Ha, yes, there are *some* advantages of all the clutter the glaciers left behind, aren't there. We've got that here too

Pat​

Haha, I didn't see them really when we went to view the house the first few times, but around the fences there is like a layer/wall of large shield rocks, and since we're taking down the gross old falling down farm fence to put up nice new horse fence, we're going to move some of them to the run area.

And, the reason I was looking at the no-climb, is cause we use it on the farm out west for our horse paddocks due to the terribly huge amount of wolves, and predators... and it is no-climb for predators..., ordinarily the wolves would climb over the fence and attack the horses, btw with this stuff, they can't get a good enough grip on the fence wire.

It's not the best to work with, -_- but it works in the end.

We're putting up fence rails, we found super cheap cedar from the supplier in Norwood, getting 8ft posts and 10ft posts, plus the half-log rails. So excited!

 

[patandchickens]

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I do not know a thing about wolves -- I did not think they were much for climbing in the first place? -- but I can tell you absolutely that 'no-climb' will not put the slightest dent in a raccoon's or fox's daily rounds. And of course weasels will go right thru. This is not relevant to horses but it sounded like you were talking about using it for the *chickens*...?

We're putting up fence rails, we found super cheap cedar from the supplier in Norwood, getting 8ft posts and 10ft posts, plus the half-log rails. So excited!

Peel the bark off the half-round rails, or they will not last nearly as long (the bark holds water, the wood stays damp, and it starts to rot prematurely. Yes, cedar rots, especially the outer wood, which of course is what the half-rounds largely consist of). Just a word to the wise

Have fun,

Pat​

 

[Chick_a_dee]

We were thinking of using it for our chickens, but now that I think about it... it might be good for our dog runs haha.

My brother will probably pick all the bark off the half-rounds while waiting for the bus anyway, we're painting the fencing so it's alllll good.


Just waiting to get on the property to get that fencing done!