Hey all was wondering if you were to build a 8’ tall duck run, could you use 4 feet of hardware on the bottom and doubled up chicken wire for the 4 feet above?
Chicken wire isn't predator proof, but if given my choice between only chicken wire and chicken wire + hardware cloth, the latter will at least provide some reachthrough protection against things like raccoon, and provide a small amount of deterrence to small rodents and snakes if they don't bother climbing high enough.
Double chicken wire is certainly better than nothing, and better than one layer alone, but if I could I would spend the extra money and do hardware cloth. Much more effective and stronger than chicken wire.