If you pen your Muscovy can i see what it looks like?

[Miss Lydia]

Oh goodness Miss Lydia if the bear start coming over i am giving up lol

Thank goodness he wasn't after my ducks or chickens he wanted the bird feeder I forgot to bring in. He made mince meat out of it too. LOL

 

[Going Quackers]

Thank goodness he wasn't after my ducks or chickens he wanted the bird feeder I forgot to bring in. He made mince meat out of it too. LOL

oh yes birds feeders are a huge draw, we stopped using them about a year ago.. our neighbour diagonal from us, came over saying there had been a bear rolling around on her yard outside her kitchen window lol She was told by the ministry of natural resource to inform her neighbours, she is surround by the woods.. both side and back, the river also runs beside her property and along the front, we are more open than her... so rarely do they come onto this side of the road...

We yanked the birds feeders after that morning chat! lol

 

[Miss Lydia]

oh yes birds feeders are a huge draw, we stopped using them about a year ago.. our neighbour diagonal from us, came over saying there had been a bear rolling around on her yard outside her kitchen window lol She was told by the ministry of natural resource to inform her neighbours, she is surround by the woods.. both side and back, the river also runs beside her property and along the front, we are more open than her... so rarely do they come onto this side of the road...

We yanked the birds feeders after that morning chat! lol

I would put mine up too and even tried it but then the wild birds started eating out of the chicken/duck feeders so figured I better keep the other feeders up, I set the timer now to remind myself to bring in the bird feeders. I like Bears just don't want them in my back yard.

 

[jdywntr]

Thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't thought of PVC pipe.. here those lovely metal posts run 7$ a piece? I'd love to see what you have done, the lead i had on fence is gone, they sold it.

Here are some pics of mine.

This is their new outside area with pvc poles. It is only 4' high I think they call it horse fencing the openings are 4"x4" but it is only meant to give the birds a reference point to stay in and to deter the stupid loose dogs in the area. They have an 8'X8' shade shelter and their pool and some perches. There is a goose size opening in the fence where they can enter/exit their yard.




This is the coop in the background and their yard which is surrounded by 6' welded wire and ~40'x50'


More close up of the yard. Another shade shelter on the right and you can see the newer wood where I added onto the existing coop. The red in back is a tarp that covers a shelter where I put their feed. No feed in the coop. The taller half of the coop is in the pasture but I am in the process of fencing it in and I will move some of my chicks there when they are older. Its a bit of a mess since the cows moved everything around and trampled some of the vegetation in the yard.

 

[granny05]

hay, this is a great idea. i have wondered if i needed something fancy or just megshift / throwen together as long as it does what i need. good stuff. thanx,

 

[Going Quackers]

Here are some pics of mine.

This is their new outside area with pvc poles. It is only 4' high I think they call it horse fencing the openings are 4"x4" but it is only meant to give the birds a reference point to stay in and to deter the stupid loose dogs in the area. They have an 8'X8' shade shelter and their pool and some perches. There is a goose size opening in the fence where they can enter/exit their yard.




This is the coop in the background and their yard which is surrounded by 6' welded wire and ~40'x50'


More close up of the yard. Another shade shelter on the right and you can see the newer wood where I added onto the existing coop. The red in back is a tarp that covers a shelter where I put their feed. No feed in the coop. The taller half of the coop is in the pasture but I am in the process of fencing it in and I will move some of my chicks there when they are older. Its a bit of a mess since the cows moved everything around and trampled some of the vegetation in the yard.

Fantastic set-up, i appreciate you taking the time to post pictures! i wish fence wasn't so costly here, heck that is why the horses don't have multiple paddocks... I need 5ft min my birds are full flight, yes i know i could trim them but i refuse to, i truly think it's what saved some of them with the recent events here... For now my plan is some met posts with 4x4's and using that 5ft chicken wire.. i can reinforce it with wood boards ... with winter being long and harsh i need to ensure it won't fall over once the ground freezes. All the other types of fence start creeping the budget up and up.. and we have far to many expenses to take 500$+ to build a fenced area.

I am going to make some calls today to see if i can get wire for any less.. but for now that is the plan. I will take some pics for you guys to see the area i have stringed off.. i think it'll be decent enough for them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here are some pics of mine.

This is their new outside area with pvc poles. It is only 4' high I think they call it horse fencing the openings are 4"x4" but it is only meant to give the birds a reference point to stay in and to deter the stupid loose dogs in the area. They have an 8'X8' shade shelter and their pool and some perches. There is a goose size opening in the fence where they can enter/exit their yard.




This is the coop in the background and their yard which is surrounded by 6' welded wire and ~40'x50'


More close up of the yard. Another shade shelter on the right and you can see the newer wood where I added onto the existing coop. The red in back is a tarp that covers a shelter where I put their feed. No feed in the coop. The taller half of the coop is in the pasture but I am in the process of fencing it in and I will move some of my chicks there when they are older. Its a bit of a mess since the cows moved everything around and trampled some of the vegetation in the yard.

Good job JW

 

[lindsay297]

I am not sure where about you live in Canada but, we bought cow fencing (Kijijii) with the 5"x10" spacing and use PVC pipes to secure it. Then went and found chicken wire (Kijijii is great for that too) and put that over top. The cow fencing gives you a good secure backing for the chicken wire and the PVC pipes are great.

Again I dont know where in Canada you are but, have you tried Kijijii or any other classified ad sites?? Farms that are replacing cow fencing with electric?? Construction companies have stuff that they are always looking to get rid of. Saves them on disposal. Home Hardware is cheaper then Home Depot and sometimes our feed store gets great deals on fencing.

Hope this helps!! That is how we have built ours.

 

[Going Quackers]

I am not sure where about you live in Canada but, we bought cow fencing (Kijijii) with the 5"x10" spacing and use PVC pipes to secure it. Then went and found chicken wire (Kijijii is great for that too) and put that over top. The cow fencing gives you a good secure backing for the chicken wire and the PVC pipes are great.

Again I dont know where in Canada you are but, have you tried Kijijii or any other classified ad sites?? Farms that are replacing cow fencing with electric?? Construction companies have stuff that they are always looking to get rid of. Saves them on disposal. Home Hardware is cheaper then Home Depot and sometimes our feed store gets great deals on fencing.

Hope this helps!! That is how we have built ours.

Thanks, i'm In On. Did you find the PVC pipes to get through the winter? that is my only concern and as we know when the ground is frozen there won't be any fixing it. I am checking kijiji daily, sadly there was a place in barrie that had some standard page fence but they sold it.

I agree with you on home hardware that is actually where we got our horse fence(a graduated page) That is where i can get the 5ft chicken wire. I tried my one farm supply( i use two) but they had nothing that tall, unfortunately. I will probably hit the phones again, my husband surprised me by saying he isn't working the weekend so we can do the fence(he usually works 6days a week) so i need to get on this like now lol

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[lindsay297]

I found the black PVC did fine. We put in 12"ish deep and dont really worry about it. There hasnt been any trouble yet. My kids have bumped into it a few times in the real cold and it held up better then the steel!! We found the steel at times would jump in the frost and then fall over if something bumped it.

We havent had our local bear population come calling to test it yet.....but if it can stand up to my kids dont think the bear would have a hope!! LOL!!

Home Hardware usually is the best price wise on that but try Timber Mart (if you have one local to you). Some times they can surprise you!!