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Re: Linking chicken wire

Mary Fisher <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk>

"AriesVal" <no...@privacy.net> wrote in message

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> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:35:29 -0000, Mary Fisher wrote:

>> "Nick Maclaren" <n...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> news:fsjkm7$se6$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
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>> You certainly don't need weldmesh for any chickens. 1" chicken wire is
>> substantial enough.
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>> We cut the mesh and use the protruding ends to link to the rest. We've
>> done
>> that for years, simple and doesn't need any more wire and only a pair of
>> pliers.

>> Mary
>> who has chickens
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> Hi Mary, I am getting new hens next month - is there a poultry newsgroup
> you can recommend ?

sci.agriculture.poultry has a good mixture of new keepers and professional
ones from all round the world. There's the usual amount of argument too :-)

Mary