Okay, I need suggestions

[jonathansenn]

I don't have enough chicken wire to run some of it underground. The easiest solution would be to by more chicken wire, but I was wondering if I could build up the dirt around the bottom to compensate for the lack of chicken wire. The wire goes to the ground right now with a 6in overlap on the ground. What do you think? (besides I should have started from the bottom. Look I'm left handed we do things backwards to fit into your right handed society

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[Sillystunt]

we didn't put our wire into the dirt. I have had no problems but we also live in the suburbs.

If your out in rurual area's i would do it, building dirt should work.

 

[Fudgie]

What about a 2X4 or 2X6 treated lumber around the bottom edge of the coop run?

 

[badnfluinz]

I just finished my coop and it is not in the ground and live in a rural area. What I did is around the coop was an old flower bed that had landscaping bricks, I took those and lined the fenceline, interlocking them together. It will keep the chickens from going under but prob not stop anything from coming in if they wanted. But I also have a husky and a great pyrenese running the property too so that helps keeping the critters away