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Me and my wife (and kids) have a little homestead in Springtown, Texas (4.11 acres) and are VERY excited about starting our chickens, goats, horse and a steer or two. (Yes we'll be very busy, but we aren't going all out all at once either!!!)
I am redoing all of the fencing around the property and around the house (don't want my horse on my front porch) and am wanting some opinions on some fencing type. Because we are getting goats and chickens and the fact that I don't want my horses to stick their necks through and eat the grass in the yard around the house, I am planning on fencing in the house using 4"x6" mesh horse fence. I am actually fencing off a sizeable area behind the "backyard" where the pool and swingset are as a separate garden/farming area and plan on letting the chickens free range in this area most of the time with free access to the coop. There will also be a covered run attached to the coop for those times we aren't home or it is raining, etc. I also will have a chicken tractor to put them out on the pasture from time to time.
My main question is this, will the 4x6 mesh fencing be enough to keep the chickens (full grown) in the yard and keep them from hurting themselvess, ie, sticking their head through and getting stuck or do I need to go to a smaller mesh? Goat fence is 4"x4" so I may use that although the 4x6 will be fine for the goats and horses both. Thanks for all your insight, I JUST found this site today and have read more in the past 30 minutes about chickens than I can really process!
On edit, I checked the horse fencing and it looks like the no-climb fence that I want to use has 4"x2" spacing so it is even better.
I am redoing all of the fencing around the property and around the house (don't want my horse on my front porch) and am wanting some opinions on some fencing type. Because we are getting goats and chickens and the fact that I don't want my horses to stick their necks through and eat the grass in the yard around the house, I am planning on fencing in the house using 4"x6" mesh horse fence. I am actually fencing off a sizeable area behind the "backyard" where the pool and swingset are as a separate garden/farming area and plan on letting the chickens free range in this area most of the time with free access to the coop. There will also be a covered run attached to the coop for those times we aren't home or it is raining, etc. I also will have a chicken tractor to put them out on the pasture from time to time.
My main question is this, will the 4x6 mesh fencing be enough to keep the chickens (full grown) in the yard and keep them from hurting themselvess, ie, sticking their head through and getting stuck or do I need to go to a smaller mesh? Goat fence is 4"x4" so I may use that although the 4x6 will be fine for the goats and horses both. Thanks for all your insight, I JUST found this site today and have read more in the past 30 minutes about chickens than I can really process!
On edit, I checked the horse fencing and it looks like the no-climb fence that I want to use has 4"x2" spacing so it is even better.
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