it's more like 4' wide, but I could make the run as long as I wanted..up to about 20'
That'd be really sweet, it's a great place for chickens as long as you keep up with the sanitation, they have shade and some shelter from wind already (while still breezy for summer) and you can see them from lots of convenient places
It will take a fair bit of wire mesh if you want to do the whole thing but boy it'd be a nice setup
That'd be really sweet, it's a great place for chickens as long as you keep up with the sanitation, they have shade and some shelter from wind already (while still breezy for summer) and you can see them from lots of convenient places
ANY IDEA ON HOW TO SECURE CHICKEN WIRE OVER THE BLOCK?
I would suggest wrapping the run wire around the blocks, not just the digproofing barrier wire (see below about that). What first comes to mind for dealing with those blocks is to cut the run wire to fit around the blocks, then cut an additional piece to splice in so that you have made sort of a gusset that encloses the block. Sew the gusset piece onto the main fencewire using gloves, swearwords and galvanized steel electric-fence wire (which is cheap); or use j-clips or hog rings to do the job.
Alternatively, IF you were going to have a grade board at the bottom that is at least as high as the deck block, you could do some carpentry jiggery-pokery to make that essentially butt into the deck block, then the wire is pretty straightforward. This would not be quite as strong, but might well be ok. You should think about how exactly you are going to deal with your grade boards and the deck posts and that part of the construction.
I would suggest wrapping the run wire around the blocks, not just the digproofing barrier wire (see below about that). What first comes to mind for dealing with those blocks is to cut the run wire to fit around the blocks, then cut an additional piece to splice in so that you have made sort of a gusset that encloses the block. Sew the gusset piece onto the main fencewire using gloves, swearwords and galvanized steel electric-fence wire (which is cheap); or use j-clips or hog rings to do the job.
Alternatively, IF you were going to have a grade board at the bottom that is at least as high as the deck block, you could do some carpentry jiggery-pokery to make that essentially butt into the deck block, then the wire is pretty straightforward. This would not be quite as strong, but might well be ok. You should think about how exactly you are going to deal with your grade boards and the deck posts and that part of the construction.
chicken wire mesh apron at the footing attached to the base boards with gravel over the apron.
Chickenwire is a sort-of-ok apron at least for short term but if you could use something better it would last an *awful* lot longer and be more secure. I would suggest maybe 2x4 wire mesh, heavy gauge, galvanized. 2-3' wide is good.
Chickenwire is a sort-of-ok apron at least for short term but if you could use something better it would last an *awful* lot longer and be more secure. I would suggest maybe 2x4 wire mesh, heavy gauge, galvanized. 2-3' wide is good.
Our temps range from 96 deg f and un-breathable humidity in the dead of summer to 15 deg f in winter.
Enh, 96 isn't THAT bad, your chickens will want shade but it could be worse. It sounds to me like a good plan would be a basically-3-sided coop that you can maybe bolt panels over part of for wintertime to give them a larger windproofed area, maybe with a more-enclosed-still area around the roost depending on your breeds and how exposed this site is to wind and what direction it faces.
Pat
Enh, 96 isn't THAT bad, your chickens will want shade but it could be worse. It sounds to me like a good plan would be a basically-3-sided coop that you can maybe bolt panels over part of for wintertime to give them a larger windproofed area, maybe with a more-enclosed-still area around the roost depending on your breeds and how exposed this site is to wind and what direction it faces.
Pat
