Mrs

[chooklady]

I am pretty sure now that we are going to build a walk in run with a cube inside.

 

My question is what sort/grade of mesh would you use for the outside and where is the best place to buy it.

 

My avatar was a photo I took last week in Norfolk on a free range farm, the eggs were wonderful.

 

Many thanks

Nicola

[Egluntyne]

Weldmesh is your best bet. Chicken wire is not much cop as a fox can easily bite through it.

 

Mine is made with one inch x 1/2 inch mesh....no idea of the gauge I'm afraid.

[abwsco]

I got mine from hillsofdevon.co.uk Cheapest I could find and free next day delivery. Mine is 1/2" x 1" as well.

[Tessa the Duchess]

Mine came from Animal Kingdom and is 1"x1" 16gauge Weldmesh. Look on Ebay sometimes you can get some real bargains.

 

Tessa.

[moomin]

I can strongly advise 16g weldmesh, ours is 1" X 1" and is very sturdy I don't think anything could get through it

[Helen&Lee]

I used - 900mm x 25mm x 25mm, 16 gauge, 30metre roll.

 

Helen

[redfrock]

inch by inch 16 gauge for us as well. Do not get 19 gauge wire - it is the same strength (or lack of) as normal chicken wire, which foxes can actually bite through

[superjules]

We've got 16gauge weldmesh up to a height of three feet, then from three feet up, chicken wire, which was half the price of weldmesh. I was told by our local poultry centre that it's only necessary to do the bottom half in weldmesh because of how high a fox can stand in order to chew through it.

[redfrock]

We've got 16gauge weldmesh up to a height of three feet, then from three feet up, chicken wire, which was half the price of weldmesh. I was told by our local poultry centre that it's only necessary to do the bottom half in weldmesh because of how high a fox can stand in order to chew through it.

 

Our rabbit run is done in a smiliar manner - 4ft of 16g and the remaining 3ft in 19g - although that was more to do with lack of availablility! The difference in cost though is

[ruth1]

We used 1x1.5 16g Weldmesh which I bought of Ebay.They had various widths and lengths of rolls available. It seems really tough.

[MedusA]

Mine came from Animal Kingdom and is 1"x1" 16gauge Weldmesh. Look on Ebay sometimes you can get some real bargains.

 

Tessa.

 

I used the same supplier as Tessa. It's really tough and I know it is foxproof as they tried to get through it and gave up!

[chooklady]

Thankyou everyone for your input.

 

I really want to get this under way now, too much eggcitement, I can't cope!!!