Predator protection

[Badbart]

Yes...the logs and rock will be over all ready buried hardware cloth 2 feet out....

 

[bigoledude]

Yes...the logs and rock will be over all ready buried hardware cloth 2 feet out....

Now that's smart Bart!! You appear good-to-go.

 

[aart]

Yes...the logs and rock will be over all ready buried hardware cloth 2 feet out....

I would not cover the apron with logs and rocks all the way out to the edge of apron, they may just start digging at the edge of logs/rocks and end up under the wire mesh.

The way an apron works is predator starts digging where the run wall meets the ground, they hit the mesh and move over only to be foiled again...eventually giving up. They don't know to back up because they can't see the edge of the mesh 12-18" away from wall.

Allow the grass to grow up thru or over the mesh with maybe a few inches of rock/log against the run to weed whack against without damaging run materials.

 

[Badbart]

Very good point thanks...

 

[bigoledude]

Hey BadBart, I'd listen to aart, he's smart! Awright! Awright! I'll quit.

 

[aart]

Hey BadBart, I'd listen to aart, he's smart!

She is

.....some times, about some things....other times and things, not so much.

 

[bigoledude]

Sorry Ms. aart. Typical dumb assumption on my part!!

At least you're smart most of the time. Now me???? Nudda madda altogether.

 

[Texgal57]

I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

My coop is pretty much completed. It's wrapped in1/2 hardware cloth and we have a covered run. The problem is that we live in very rocky soils and aren't able to dig down to put an apron of hardware cloth around it. I was thinking about pouring some concrete around it and pushing some paver rocks into it. Do you think that will be sufficient?

 

[aart]

I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

My coop is pretty much completed. It's wrapped in1/2 hardware cloth and we have a covered run. The problem is that we live in very rocky soils and aren't able to dig down to put an apron of hardware cloth around it. I was thinking about pouring some concrete around it and pushing some paver rocks into it. Do you think that will be sufficient?

You can lay the apron right on top of the ground, pin it down with some landscape staples or a few pavers until the grass grows up thru it.

 

[Texgal57]

Thank you aart. We will try the landscape staples. How far out would you suggest?