Replacement run on hill

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Last spring, we attached to our guinea coop a Premier electric net fence with hawk netting over it. The coop is on a hill, and there aren’t flat spaces around it, so I meant this run to be temporary. It’s turned out that they really need a run, so I had planned to make a new, more permanent run in a few months. Since an ice storm just crushed the run when the ice stuck really well to the hawk netting, it looks like I need the run sooner rather than later. I have experience with 4x4 posts in concrete, so I could do that, but I didn’t know how to make it work on a hill, since the hardware cloth won’t bend with the hill. I also will need a hardware cloth cover for it. The current run is about 20x40 ft. Any ideas how to replace with something more permanent while accommodating the slope? Thanks!

 

[cavemanrich]

Use Chain-link fence. Pounding pipes into ground without concrete also a possibility. Need the correct tool to do such. I have done it before. All depends on soil type also. If it is rocky, you will need to dig holes, and set in concrete.
Chain-link fence will conform to irregular ground-level.
Ask anything else that I would be able to help out with.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Punkybrewster]

Mine is on a hill.
It doesnt look too steep in the pic but it really is.

Attaching hardware cloth or chicken wire was not as difficult as i thought it would be.


For the sides, cut each piece to fit instead of rolling it on as one big side panel.

 

[mowin]

Shorter sections will be easier to work with. Sometimes I'll cut a "slice" 6-10” from the bottom ( or top) so I can bend the HC a little easier in that area to follow the ground, or two take out some of the wavey spots to make them tighter.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I agree with approaching it a section at a time.
Like a terraced slope....if that makes sense.

SUPER SHORT visual..stair stepped fence.