I HATE digging trenches for wire!!!!!!!!! HELP!

[suburbanhomesteader]

A hog ring is like a drug ring, only different....

....When I was little, it was the pull-tab on my piggy bank!

LOL!


Seriously, it is quite literally the ring people put in a pig's nose to keep pigs from doing damage by rooting around. The rings can also be used to attach the bottom of a chain link fence to a stretched wire, in an effort to keep critters from easily pushing up under the chain link. And oh, I see that it is also used to close sausage casings....

It can also be used to join two panels of fencing together, and a multitude of other joining uses. There is a special pair of pliers that makes using them slicker than snot.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp...0551_10001_100354_-1______?rFlag=true&cFlag=1

 

[klf73]

I will be laying the L of wire at the bottom and covering it with some fill. We have too many large trees to even attempt digging. We are using a frame from one of those tarp type garage things, my parents' got destroyed with all the snow we had. Dh says we will have a chicken aviary since it is so big (rv size). Our coop will be going in the run/aviary

Good luck, let us know how it works out
Krista

 

[purr]

we just built our coop and didn't have to dig anytrenches it's raised 14" off the ground and the run is 18" but they free-range when I'm home. The yard is completely fenced in.

 

[Jaybr]

I've use a backhoe on my tractor

 

[Jazzymond573]

maybe what would work would be taking some big logs (we have woods) and put them right next to the fence. i don't think they would try to dig under that. opinions?

 

[Solsken Farm]

Quote:

Brat. Come here right now with that thing and help me.

I am 75% done, and the last section I think will be softer.

 

[sunnydee]

I am in a rural area of Maine myself. I have lots of woods behind my house, so with that comes lots of skunks, racoons, fox and even black bears! I have not made my run yet, but am planning on starting this weekend. I plan to dig about a 4 to 6 trench around and then putting quick cement on top of the wire. Will take a lot of work, but I plan to keep their run open most of the time.

 

[Blisschick]

I have mostly sandy loam, so trenching with a narrow garden shovel was pretty easy, except when I came up against roots. That's when I had to break out the machete.

Still, I don't like doing it. If the ground wasn't so easy to dig up, I'd do the wire on the ground thing.

 

[orchidchick]

It's only been about 3 months, but I laid a 3 foot "skirt" of garden wire ( I want to call it) partially under my chain link enclosure and extending out and secured with staples. It is a graduated mesh, and I have the narrower part closer to the upright fence.
I didn't do the "L" type attachment that I read about, only because it is very wet here, and I figured it would rust out long before the run would (I often wondered about the buried wire versions as well). I do have three foot of hardware cloth running up the first few feet of the chain link, and chicken wire above that. I have seen evidence of digging attempts in the morning, often five or six, within the 2 inch squares, but thankfully they have given up. I do have to say it has been several inches away from the fence,so I am glad I have that couple of feet of skirt. The soil is extremely soft and sandy here though, so it is a completely different situation here. But at least with this method,you can check the condition of your barrier.
Good Luck!

 

[Firefyter-Emt]

It will be my roto-tiller for me! 20" wide and 8" deep for the tiller so I should be fine for most of it. The big problem is I have some large roots on one side I will have to hand dig around.

I am doing this part of the coop this weekend. I have already opened the 100' roll of hardware cloth and run five air hoses out to the coop! (I had to borrow a few to run my air stapler!)