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Chicken fencing help
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Are you ready to create a cluck-tastic fortress for your feathered friends? It sounds like you’re on the right track with that 6-foot hardware cloth to keep those pesky digging predators at bay! When it comes to filling in the area, gravel can provide good drainage and stability, but it might be a bit too tempting for burrowing critters. Soil could work too, especially if you compact it well, but it may not deter determined diggers. For your fence posts, consider a mix of gravel at the base for drainage and soil for stability. Since you're covering the run with netting, it sounds like a feathered paradise in the making—just make sure it’s predator-proof! Happy clucking!
 | Picture for tax. This is only their supervised few hour a day turnout area for now as they’re very young, but I’m about to set them up a large run. I was going to buy 6 foot 19 gauge 1/2 inch hardware cloth and bury it going outwards to protect against digging predators. However, how should I fill in the area? Would gravel work or will it get dug up too easy? Should I use soil? I also had holes dug for wooden fence posts, so same story for that. Gravel? Soil? How can it be stable? TIA! Main predator worries fox, raccoon, opossum, weasels, fishers and hawks. So mainly rodent based, not so much coyote or dog. I will be covering their run with netting. [link] [comments] |
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