If you have a 2 line set up for pigs, the chicken will get through/over easily. HUGE gap. The predators will get through it as well, the purpose of the 2 line is to keep the pigs in.
You better have a really REALLY predator proof coop if they aren't in a somewhat secure area. I lost a hen inside the 1 acre that is fenced. The fox came through the 6" square field fencing on the west side, around the pond and killed her between the pond and the barn. Then dragged her back through the fence and out to the woods. Not enough feathers left to follow the trail farther.
It came back the next day and would have gotten another if I hadn't happened to be coming out of the barn at the exact right time. That is when I got the 4' electronet (locked them in the barn until it came). I've also put up 2x4 no climb on the opposite side of the field fence and on the cattle panels that make the south fence line. The original intent of the fence was to keep a dog IN and for the dog to keep the predators out.
You better have a really REALLY predator proof coop if they aren't in a somewhat secure area. I lost a hen inside the 1 acre that is fenced. The fox came through the 6" square field fencing on the west side, around the pond and killed her between the pond and the barn. Then dragged her back through the fence and out to the woods. Not enough feathers left to follow the trail farther.
It came back the next day and would have gotten another if I hadn't happened to be coming out of the barn at the exact right time. That is when I got the 4' electronet (locked them in the barn until it came). I've also put up 2x4 no climb on the opposite side of the field fence and on the cattle panels that make the south fence line. The original intent of the fence was to keep a dog IN and for the dog to keep the predators out.
