Surviving Minnesota!

[MinnesotaNice]

Mink? They are very tactile and persistant.

Possibly. I thought about setting up my game cam to see if it came back, but I was just too busy making sure everyone else was fortified.

Yup, I'll be wrapping that thing in hardware cloth tonight! I should have known better. It's getting a bottom on it, too.

 

[duluthralphie]

Possibly. I thought about setting up my game cam to see if it came back, but I was just too busy making sure everyone else was fortified.

Yup, I'll be wrapping that thing in hardware cloth tonight! I should have known better. It's getting a bottom on it, too.

A bottom isn't needed IF you leave about a foot of the hardware cloth on the ground running out from the fence. The wild animals while persistent are not all that bright and try to dig in the corner of the hardware cloth on the ground and the fence.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Okay: Here we go. Here are some photos from my day yesterday. It was super productive thank goodness for the drop in by the In-laws to get me started!

DD's Bedroom going from purple to 'pewter'.



Andy my "aging" of a pine board. One jug of ACV with the Mother. I steel wool pad. allow to cook for 3 days. Then apply with paint brush. Then splash some here and there for the dark lines look. Let it air outside. and Voila.

Please disregard the cedar deck that needs the aging removed. and a good stain job. Add it to the list of things to do I guess!~!!

 

[MinnesotaNice]

A bottom isn't needed IF you leave about a foot of the hardware cloth on the ground running out from the fence. The wild animals while persistent are not all that bright and try to dig in the corner of the hardware cloth on the ground and the fence.

Good call. I like having the open base for easy clean up and access to fresh grass for the little ones.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

They are going in my downstairs bathroom as trim. I have an industrial type look going on down there. And the aged grey pine fits in well with that theme. Totally fun to get those funky results. It was even darker this morning. And some Rusty looking too.

 

[MNChickMom]

A bottom isn't needed IF you leave about a foot of the hardware cloth on the ground running out from the fence. The wild animals while persistent are not all that bright and try to dig in the corner of the hardware cloth on the ground and the fence.

So you just bend the bottom foot at a 90 degree and leave it across the top of the ground or you dig it down. I would imagine you would have to dig it down about a foot to prevent the burrowers. After seeing the 2nd bald eagle nest in our pasture we have now decide to make a run or multiple runs instead of free ranging......the only thing that is constant is CHANGE. I hope everyone had a productive weekend like I did, did a little work around the house and coop. I worked for my companies charity event Saturday evening....great event. Then on Sunday celebrated my Mother's birthday and Mothers Day, hit a few softballs and finished the day by working on the farm a few hours. Got to hear daughter's little roo attempt to crow, sounded more like squaaaaak, but I will give him an A for effort he did stand on the top roost bar and stood straight and tall.

 

[duluthralphie]

So you just bend the bottom foot at a 90 degree and leave it across the top of the ground or you dig it down. I would imagine you would have to dig it down about a foot to prevent the burrowers. After seeing the 2nd bald eagle nest in our pasture we have now decide to make a run or multiple runs instead of free ranging......the only thing that is constant is CHANGE. I hope everyone had a productive weekend like I did, did a little work around the house and coop. I worked for my companies charity event Saturday evening....great event. Then on Sunday celebrated my Mother's birthday and Mothers Day, hit a few softballs and finished the day by working on the farm a few hours. Got to hear daughter's little roo attempt to crow, sounded more like squaaaaak, but I will give him an A for effort he did stand on the top roost bar and stood straight and tall.

Nope, you just lay it on the surface. It takes a little cutting and piecing together at the corners. On my permanent pens I cover the wire with about 2 inches of dirt over the it just so I can mow and not have to weed wack the grass that grows through it.

 

[MNChickMom]

Nope, you just lay it on the surface. It takes a little cutting and piecing together at the corners. On my permanent pens I cover the wire with about 2 inches of dirt over the it just so I can mow and not have to weed wack the grass that grows through it.

Husband is a tinner (HVAC) so he is handy with snips. Wish we could have spent a little more time looking at your set up. Then, I wouldn't be asking all these crazy questions. On a postive note, I'm pretty sure I have 2 pullets and 2 roos (Speckeled Sussex) from you and are they beautiful.) One rooster is definately the head honcho at 4 weeks! We may need to rehome the other....I don't think I can send him to freezer camp he is too beautiful already!

 

[duluthralphie]

Husband is a tinner (HVAC) so he is handy with snips. Wish we could have spent a little more time looking at your set up. Then, I wouldn't be asking all these crazy questions. On a postive note, I'm pretty sure I have 2 pullets and 2 roos (Speckeled Sussex) from you and are they beautiful.) One rooster is definately the head honcho at 4 weeks! We may need to rehome the other....I don't think I can send him to freezer camp he is too beautiful already!

At maturity the SS rooster would make a great Fryer/smoked/baked chicken dinner. I understand your reluctance to eat them, but I do it except for the named birds. It takes a very special bird to get a name here.

When you lay the wire on the ground you may have to stake the far end down if you do not put dirt on it. If the end is flat nothing will burrow in. (fingers crossed).



On a side note, I am thinking of putting my 2 rainbow hens in with Bert Jr and see if he can have successful incest so I get some decent broilers without buying any.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Nope, you just lay it on the surface. It takes a little cutting and piecing together at the corners. On my permanent pens I cover the wire with about 2 inches of dirt over the it just so I can mow and not have to weed wack the grass that grows through it.

I have a 10x10 kennel that is being converted into a covered run for when we're not home. I was going to do hardware cloth on the bottom and lay about a foot on the surface like you mentioned. That would leave another 2ft or so to cover the bottom half of the kennel. From there, I was just going to use the extra chicken wire I have and wrap it around to cover another 3ft or so. Do you think that's enough protection over the fencing or should I go higher? The door area is going to be a headache to cover. I never used just straight fencing before.