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Linking chicken wire
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From: "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Linking chicken wire
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:03:37 -0000
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"Charlie Pridham" <char...@roselandhouse.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.22582891c25902db9897f8@News.Individual.NET...
> In article <47ed72d6$0$762$4c56b...@master.news.zetnet.net>,
> mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk says...
>>
>> "Nick Maclaren" <n...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> news:fsjkm7$se6$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
>> >
>> > In article
>> > <5808828b-5dee-4f7a-945b-d51516ffd...@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
>> > TC <con...@gmail.com> writes:
>> > |>
>> > |> I am building a chicken pen and intend to use weld mesh for the
>> > sides
>> > |> and chicken wire for the top as I don't think I need that to be so
>> > |> substantial.
>> >
>> > That's some chickens you have!
>>
>> You certainly don't need weldmesh for any chickens. 1" chicken wire is
>> substantial enough.
>> >
>> > |> What's the best way to link the chicken wire lengths to
>> > |> each other? Strips of wood between each length with the chicken
>> > wire
>> > |> stapled to them is probably the best option but I wonder if there is
>> > |> some sort of simple wire linking device available - for instance
>> > small
>> > |> keyrings could be used to attach 2 lengths to each other so is there
>> > |> something like that I could get?
>> >
>> > Or just buy some thin galvanised wire and sew the chicken wire
>> > together. That is the cheapest solution, and easier to do than it
>> > sounds.
>>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Nick Maclaren.
>>
>>
>>
> Mary and Nick, we no longer have chickens because of local dogs and foxes
> so a substantial run is not such a silly idea if only to keep things out
> rather than things in.
I can understand your worry but we lost a lot of our bantams before we
fenced the garden effectively. The chicken mesh was more than adequate for
their run, they were all killed while they were in the garden.
Mary
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