In article <5808828b-5dee-4f7a-945b-d51516ffd...@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,

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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.

That's some chickens you have!

|>  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.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.