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Re: Linking chicken wire

Nick Maclaren <n...@cus.cam.ac.uk>

In article <47eed146$0$13247$5a62a...@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
"FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> writes:

|> "TC" <con...@gmail.com> wrote in message

|>
|> > I've been told that some animals can bite through chicken wire
|>
|> Foxes round here will get through it.  They must rake it repeatedly with
|> their claws till it breaks.  they certainly have managed to break into my
|> outer pen on multiple occasions.

What gauge?  Chicken wire comes from gauges that I can tear with only
gloved hands up to stuff that I need wire-cutters for.

A mistake that people may be making is to use the very lightweight
stuff designs to keep part-grown chicks in as a fox barrier.  I can
easily see that won't work.

And are you sure that it is foxes and not badgers making the initial
entry?  Badgers like eggs, after all :-)

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.