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[seminolewind]

How does one work with chicken wire fencing, the one inch space one? It just won't behave, it won't stay flat. Karen

 

[silkiechicken]

You roll and staple as you go. Not much else you can do. Now if you think 1" chicken wire is bad... try 2 or 3 inch wire... doesn't even hold shape!

 

[kelly]

I was told to take like a broom handle (something long like that) and weave it through the wire then pull.

Kelly

 

[rufus]

For what it is worth, we used to stretch and then tack it down with fence staples. Then we would nail a lath over it.
Critters could pull the chicken wire off if they worked on it one by one one on the fence staples. We never had a problem with them getting it off after we went to nailing the lath over the stapled area.

Rufus

 

[suburbanhomesteader]

I think I do something like Rufus does:

I tack it in place about every 3" along one side of the frame.

Then, I cut it about a foot longer than the frame to which I'm attaching it, and wrap it around a 2x2. I then tack it to the 2x2. Wrapping it around the 2x2 prevents unbalanced stretching.

Depending on the frame to which it is attached, I get help with a come-along, tie the 2x2 to my bumper and get a lot of tension on the wire, or I just ask a friend to pull on the 2x2 for all they're worth, while I screw in a lath strip to the other side of the frame.

Not sure if what I just said is comprehensible; sure hope so.

 

[seminolewind]

I'll try the stick thing to stretch it. It does stretch unevenly, Thanks