Message from discussion Linking chicken wire

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From: n...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren)
Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening
Subject: Re: Linking chicken wire
Date: 28 Mar 2008 20:33:11 GMT
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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!

|>  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.