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Jools

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 11 10:06 am Post subject: How to increase height on current fencing
We're going to be moving the chickens up to the field. At the moment, the boundary fencing along the road is wooden with 3 rails and has stock fencing nailed to it, but it's only about 3-4 feet high. Because I don't want the girls to get out onto the road, how can we increase the height? New tall posts attached to the existing posts with chicken wire?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46212
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 3:43 pm Post subject:
glass fibre posts ,electric net easy

sheila

Joined: 20 Jan 2011
Posts: 12

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 4:00 pm Post subject:
I would be more worried about the fox at that height

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 7:33 pm Post subject:
Can you clip their wings?

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: How to increase height on current fencing

Jools wrote:

New tall posts attached to the existing posts with chicken wire?

I did something similar when we lived in the house with the field that sloped down towards the fence and gave them a run-up. I think I used two by one and screwed it on to the existing fence posts. And then staple gunned wide-mesh chicken wire to it. I did two feet I think. If it's quite floppy it discourages them from trying to perch on it, too.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: How to increase height on current fencing

Chez wrote:

If it's quite floppy it discourages them from trying to perch on it, too.

Oooh. Nice retrospective justification for not putting the chicken wire up properly.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 7:56 pm Post subject:
You are sooooo CLEARLY not a poultry person

Jools

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 10:40 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

glass fibre posts ,electric net

easy

Probably beyond our budget.

Chez, I think that's what we'll do. We already have a roll of chicken wire and Rob found some 2x1 at his mums.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: How to increase height on current fencing

Chez wrote:

If it's quite floppy it discourages them from trying to perch on it, too.

How long before that turns up in a sig line?

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: How to increase height on current fencing

12Bore wrote:

Chez wrote:

If it's quite floppy it discourages them from trying to perch on it, too.

How long before that turns up in a sig line?

Do feel free. I'm working on The Most DS .sigs in a Year award

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 10:53 pm Post subject:

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 11 11:51 pm Post subject:

Im waiting for someone to beat the one I got off rav.

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It�s been a while since I owned one but I remember being able to stuff things like plastic chickens and my thumb down it.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 11 12:20 am Post subject:

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