Predator Proofing my Chicken Run

[sandrapbrady]

Hello! My DH and I are in the finishing stages of building our chicken run. I am wondering if any of you can tell me how you secure the chicken wire when a section overlaps on top of one another. Our run is bigger then the width of the chicken wire roll and I dont want thoses sneaky raccoons to slip inside overnight!

 

[ChickenChik]

We used zip ties but I wish we would have used hardware cloth rather than chicken wire it is more secure

 

[featherz]

We used those hog rings that you use for regular fencing. it looks pretty horrible but it was all we could think of at the time. This is for attaching a few small sections of overlapping hardware cloth since we have an oddly shaped coop. And yes, you should consider HW cloth instead of chicken wire if possible!

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

When connecting hardware cloth together I overlap it and crimp it together with Loxit rings at both overlapping edges along with a supporting wire. If I'm putting over chain link I use the Loxit rings to crimp each edge and to the chain link also. If I'm using it with no supporting wire such as the top of a run, I run the high tensile wire(for installing chain link fencing...$18.99 at Home Depot) along each edge and crimp it along with the edge of the hardware cloth. Works great and this is a very strong seam.

Example of seaming hardware cloth with the chain link...

Example of seaming hardware cloth using high tensile wire at the edges...

 

[buckabucka]

We put a strip of wood over the joint, and then stapled it every inch (we used hardware cloth). It seems very secure so far, but the coop/run is new this spring.

 

[sandrapbrady]

Thank you all, I will reinforce with stonger hardware cloth nd use some of your tips!