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[jenns anipals]

It's not if you look close. I see a border going around the inside of it that looks like dirt to me.

No your not right the whole bottom is concrete it's just in a horse arena it's all concrete under there tho about to be adding some hay as it's getting colder

 

[jenns anipals]

I might be wrong, but it appears that the whole thing is on a cement slap. Would it still need to have buried wire?

Correct it's all concrete it is in a horse arena in sand old chicken material all around from cleaning it out lol

 

[jenns anipals]

Losing chickens will, eventually, happen to everyone. And, every single one of us has made mistakes.

There is No Reason for anyone to be unkind to you.

I am sorry for your losses, especially of your favorite girl. And, I wish, wish, wish the sellers would stop labeling the flimsy stuff "chicken wire," because too many people believe it will protect their birds.

Hardware cloth is seriously expensive, but it is a much safer option. One of my coops is an A-frame and when we built the run for it, we echoed the A-frame shape. I couldn't afford as much hardware cloth as I needed, so half of one side of the angled run is covered in 1/2 plywood instead. It's not pretty, but it worked. As a bonus, it gives the girls protection from getting wet when it's raining and they insist on going outside.

I have covered all of my runs with HWC and made "aprons" around the run bottoms with HWC AND laid 16-inch square stepping stones and/or rows of bricks on top of the aprons. A massacre in one of the coops almost eight years ago taught me the value of fortifying my set-ups.

You clearly care about your birds and are working to make things safer for them. You are not a "failure."

Thank you guess just beating myself up here a bit they rely on us so much for safety when there's no roo I have more chicks and a roos in that batch to help as well I plan on doing more work and finishing wrapping in hardware cloth within next checks also have back yard cam on the way will be adding bedding as it starting to cool off here in Oklahoma finally

 

[jenns anipals]

No your not right the whole bottom is concrete it's just in a horse arena it's all concrete under there tho about to be adding some hay as it's getting colder

I really appreciate all the helpful tips will always be working to do more to protect them sometimes just takes a bit as I spent so much on that dam chicken wire wish I would have known would have just got hardware cloth to begin with o well learning curb

 

[Squawkers]

Yes I will be doing that I could only afford to do almost all the bottom I wanted to do all it but the pockets could hang lol thank you I do really love them they are my pets

Mine are my babies, more than my pets. I love them so much and I know how you feel about yours.

 

[Debbie292d]

No your not right the whole bottom is concrete it's just in a horse arena it's all concrete under there tho about to be adding some hay as it's getting colder

Sorry, your picture was deceptive looking then as the way I see it, it appears to have about a foot of concrete missing all around. Glad I'm wrong! Much safer then!

 

[Squawkers]

What calendar girl said about the plywood is a good idea. Maybe you could do it for one of the back walls instead of covering it with hardware cloth

 

[jenns anipals]

Sorry, your picture was deceptive looking then as the way I see it, it appears to have about a foot of concrete missing all around. Glad I'm wrong! Much safer then!

Its all good yes looks can be deceiving also Its scraps from cleaning out the coop not to long ago the coop/kennel is smaller then the slab but ya there's a buck of stuff that's level with it so it looks off lol thank you trying my best to keep them safe so far fingers crossed they stay safe till I can finish the project of wrapping in hardware cloth is like to do the door as well

 

[jenns anipals]

Mine are my babies, more than my pets. I love them so much and I know how you feel about yours.

Exactly my feathered family birds of a feather flock together

 

[jenns anipals]

I'll re read that in a bit as I did read it in willing to everything to keep them safe