Palm Bay FL help?

[Carrfamchick]

So we just added chickens into our family and we are trying to build our chicken coop. Like most I have read on here we are also doing a pallet one since we are dealing with a lot of issues within our home life , we needed something very inexpensive for the time being.
But we can't find a place in Palm Bay to get chicken wire.
If anyone has or knows where to go for cheap or scraps of wire please let me know. Looking for 12 by 12.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Try locating and posting in the Florida state thread.

 

[Melky]

So we just added chickens into our family and we are trying to build our chicken coop. Like most I have read on here we are also doing a pallet one since we are dealing with a lot of issues within our home life , we needed something very inexpensive for the time being.
But we can't find a place in Palm Bay to get chicken wire.
If anyone has or knows where to go for cheap or scraps of wire please let me know. Looking for 12 by 12.

See if you can find 19g 1/2 inch hardware cloth as chicken wire does not hold up well. This is sold at tractor supply if have one or on Amazon.

 

[Melky]

Welcome to BYC!​

 

[Carrfamchick]

See if you can find 19g 1/2 inch hardware cloth as chicken wire does not hold up well. This is sold at tractor supply if have one or on Amazon.

Ty! I'm very new to the chicken world. We walked down the road with our five children and saw a place selling , my teen daughter said I want one!!
And I just feel in love with them.
But I was trying to find also a place to post within our area but I'm not sure where to find it. I have been looking all over byc I'm so lost.

 

[123RedBeard]

Chicken wire is OK for keeping chickens in ... but not keeping critters that like to eat chickens OUT! Chicken wire is very thin and easy to break, and only twisted together ... welding thicker wires together is much stronger.

Depending on where you plan to use it it ... for a run I'd suggest 1"X3" 14 gauge "welded wire" however tall you want ... for a coop ... 1/2" 19 gauge "hardware cloth" ...

Should be available at a farm/feed type store ... possibly a building supply store ... or hardware store ...

Call around ...

 

[Carrfamchick]

Chicken wire is OK for keeping chickens in ... but not keeping critters that like to eat chickens OUT! Chicken wire is very thin and easy to break, and only twisted together ... welding thicker wires together is much stronger.

Depending on where you plan to use it it ... for a run I'd suggest 1"X3" 14 gauge "welded wire" however tall you want ... for a coop ... 1/2" 19 gauge "hardware cloth" ...

Should be available at a farm/feed type store ... possibly a building supply store ... or hardware store ...

Call around ...

Walmart was a big fat no. Lol

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Walmart was a big fat no. Lol

Check on Craigslist. Sometimes you can find people getting rid of chicken coop on the cheap or even for free. You can also find free wood pallets sometimes too, I've seen a few businesses giving away stockpiles of pallets.

 

[Grits&Eggs]

I am in Florida -- but Palm Bay is over a 3 hour drive away!! good luck

 

[Carrfamchick]

We found the pallets yesterday at a car wash. Lol
But I will check it out to. Ty