need inexpensive fencing/run ideas for coop

[Green_Eggs_and_Ham]

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Ok..when you say you built a skirt around the bottom. What does that mean exactly? I really appreciate all the helpful info! I didn't realize they would be such good escape artists!

Take a look at these pictures. They are copyrighted so all credit goes to the owners.

http://www.poultryark.net/protecting-your-poultry-ark-from-predators.htm
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_beLd7MjrO5o/R2da2agy13I/AAAAAAAAERw/B22w5HK1kL0/s1600-h/IMAG0008.JPG

It isn't my coop, but it gets the point across. You can see how the wire goes under the dirt. BTW, I didn't use chicken wire. I went with the hardware cloth.

Good luck!

E/

 

[reddun25]

Thank you!! I think we decided with: Vinyl Coated 1\\" 20 Gauge Hexagonal Wire 72\\"x150\\' Black

Quote:
Ok..when you say you built a skirt around the bottom. What does that mean exactly? I really appreciate all the helpful info! I didn't realize they would be such good escape artists!

Take a look at these pictures. They are copyrighted so all credit goes to the owners.

http://www.poultryark.net/protecting-your-poultry-ark-from-predators.htm
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_beLd7MjrO5o/R2da2agy13I/AAAAAAAAERw/B22w5HK1kL0/s1600-h/IMAG0008.JPG

It isn't my coop, but it gets the point across. You can see how the wire goes under the dirt. BTW, I didn't use chicken wire. I went with the hardware cloth.

Good luck!

E/

 

[Donner]

I am planning on using 1"x2" welded wire for the lower part of my run fence rather than 1/2" hardware cloth. I think it should be sufficient, but I am curious as to why this is not suggested. Is it because it is uncommon or even those small holes are considered too big?

 

[knittyhorse]

I think that 1"X2" welded wire leaves holes that are too big. Foxes and other critters can reach in and even if they can't manage to drag a chicken out, they can really do some damage.

 

[Green_Eggs_and_Ham]

When I was a kid we had a coop where opossums would try to get our birds. One night they reached in and decapitated five of them. Couldn't eat them, just killed them. What a mess.

... and rats. they can get in a 1" hole. Snakes too.