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[haighy1000]

Hi,

 

We are putting up some permenant chicekn wire this weekend. We have got the wire and posts. Does anybody know any good how to websites describing how it is actually done?

 

MAny thanks!

 

 

[The Dogmother]

I don't have any links, but be aware that it isn't strong enough to protect your girls from foxes.

 

Good luck

[bluekarin]

We have build panels out of 2x2" wood and I then stapled on the chicken wire. Luckily I have a pneumatic stapler from my upholstery days so it was quick, but I am sure you could use a hand stapler.

[The Dogmother]

That sounds fine, so long as you're only using it to keep hens off somewhere.

 

I don't want to be alarmist, but foxes can easily bite through chicken wire; it is for keeping chickens off areas (hence the name) not for keeping them safe from foxes. If you are making a run, then you'll need weld mesh.

[Egluntyne]

Claret is right...a fox can very easily bite through chicken wire. Weld Mesh is a much safer bet.

[Plum]

I've put chicken wire along my fence to stop them (try to stop them) leaving the garden and just hammered fencing staples to keep the wire in place. No problem but would have been quicker with a proper stapler and I'd have lost less.

[Busybird]

My husband spent a couple of days hammering chicken wire onto our post and wire fence with staples earlier in the year. The fence runs along a boundary that changes levels so was difficult to secure. He reckons cutting the wire was the hardest part and ended up with some bad scratches on his hands. Not an enjoyable job but it has stopped our chooks from exploring the sloping verge at the bottom of our garden that drops 12 feet onto a busy road

 

Where he couldn't run the wire straight along the ground he made sure part of it trailed as the chooks have tried to push themselves through gaps under our wooden fences. The chicken wire does not look pretty but has helped deter (although not entirely stopped) the chooks leaving the garden.

 

We use chicken wire to keep the girls in more than to keep anything out.

[The Dogmother]

I use it along my borders to stop the wee laydees from laying in among the plants - I get fed up with searching for eggs!