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Linking chicken wire
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From: TC <con...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Linking chicken wire
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:16:21 -0700 (PDT)
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On 29 Mar, 12:03, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> "Charlie Pridham" <char...@roselandhouse.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > In article <47ed72d6$0$762$4c56b...@master.news.zetnet.net>,
> > mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk says...
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> >> "Nick Maclaren" <n...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> >> > In article
> >> > <5808828b-5dee-4f7a-945b-d51516ffd...@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
> >> > TC <con...@gmail.com> writes:
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> >> > |> 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.
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> >> > That's some chickens you have!
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> >> You certainly don't need weldmesh for any chickens. 1" chicken wire is
> >> substantial enough.
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> >> > |> =A0What's the best way to link the chicken wire lengths to
> >> > |> each other? =A0Strips of wood between each length with the chicken=
> >> > wire
> >> > |> stapled to them is probably the best option but I wonder if there =
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> >> > |> some sort of simple wire linking device available - for instance
> >> > small
> >> > |> keyrings could be used to attach 2 lengths to each other so is the=
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> >> > |> something like that I could get?
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> >> > Or just buy some thin galvanised wire and sew the chicken wire
> >> > together. =A0That is the cheapest solution, and easier to do than it
> >> > sounds.
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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 o=
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> >> pliers.
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> >> Mary
> >> who has chickens
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> >> > Regards,
> >> > Nick Maclaren.
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> > Mary and Nick, we no longer have chickens because of local dogs and foxe=
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> > so a substantial run is not such a silly idea if only to keep things out=
> > rather than things in.
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> 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.
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I've been told that some animals can bite through chicken wire and
also that if the mesh is too big then chickens can stick their heads
through it to look at a fox who then bites it off! Don't know how
likely this all is. Have found some good resources:
http://www.downthelane.net/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ex-battery-hens/
http://forums.thepoultrykeeper.co.uk/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/forums/index.php
Toby
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