Hen Pen

[spandit]

I reckon 12 gauge should do it

 

I have been told that wire fencing should be quite slack as it's more difficult to climb but when we get chickens, I'm hoping the .223 will help with Charlie

[Ashes_Firewood]

This small spacing 50mm x 50mm fencing wire seems to be fairly limited on where I can get it from and also about twice as expensive as normal stock fence.

 

Cheapest I've found so far is £65 per 25m roll...

[Coletti]

I would dig the fence into the ground and run it under ground about 4" down and 6-8" out if you know what I mean and 4' high. Best way to solve it would be a bullet though

[normandylumberjack]

We have a lot of Foxes around here, and my neighbor has nightly visits and heavy losses. I have only had 2 birds taken in 9 years. The difference? my dogs roam the field and gardens here, piddling on everything, and their "leavings" are put on the hedges near the chicken plot. My neighbor has his dogs locked in a cage 24/7.

[Ashes_Firewood]

There has been a fox shot in the village just last week but there is still another about as it's killed other peoples chickens in the area since

[Ashes_Firewood]

We have a lot of Foxes around here, and my neighbor has nightly visits and heavy losses. I have only had 2 birds taken in 9 years. The difference? my dogs roam the field and gardens here, piddling on everything, and their "leavings" are put on the hedges near the chicken plot. My neighbor has his dogs locked in a cage 24/7.

 

They have a doberman that's got the run of the garden and sometimes the field depending if there are sheep in it or not but doesn't seem to put the fox off

[Dean O]

electric mesh fence helps as additional security to a pen but isn't fool proof if you forget to turn it on one night (oops)

 

We've had a fox get in twice

 

chicken wire dug bellow level with a layer of bricks and then a layer of turf over that. a slab under the doorway to the run to prevent digging.

 

then a large hutch within the run with lockable door.

 

It got over the top when at 6 foot so we raised it to 8 foot on batons - its a little floppy, which as others have said helps to make climbing tricky.

 

I make sure they are shut into their hutch each night which is the biggest method of prevention.

 

on the last occasion I fell to sleep forgetting to put the electric fence on or shutting them into the hutch. (which is obviously in the run)

It seems that they made the most of getting out of the hutch early in the morning at sun up and were spotted. Foxy some how managed to undo the gate latch - he probably wouldn't have persevered if he hadn't seen them in the run, and the lack of protection that morning from the electric fence meant no deterrent.

[scbk]

Try Hills of Devon for the weldmesh

 

Chicken Wire | Welded Mesh | Aviary Mesh | Wire Netting | Thatching Materials | Wheat Reed | Water Reed

[bobh]

Try Hills of Devon for the weldmesh

 

Chicken Wire | Welded Mesh | Aviary Mesh | Wire Netting | Thatching Materials | Wheat Reed | Water Reed

 

Second this, always had good service and good prices too 👍👍

 

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[Ashes_Firewood]

Got the posts in the ground and the bottom 3 foot of wire on. Just got to get the top half on now.

 

This stuff is a pain to strain, it's a fine line between getting enough tension on the wire and snapping the welds