Building A Chicken Fence

Make sure the posts on opposite sides are in line with one another.

Building a chicken fence.

Construct an outline of how big you want your chicken pen to be. Wood fencing is popular and has a nice look. Building a 70ft fence to enclose our chickens. Use a tape measure to make sure the fence posts are equal distances apart so your chicken run has even support.

It can be built in different designs. It ages well but over time. Step 3 place stakes in holes. Make an affordable chicken wire fence.

In some regions stucco houses are prevalent and building a stucco wall makes for an eye pleasing fence. If your run is larger than 10 ft 3 0 m wide put a fence post inside the run for an added support beam. The garden was already. If you want to up your predator proofing game a notch then nix the chicken wire and go for hardware cloth it s just another name for your typical rabbit type fencing.

Insert your fence posts use either t posts u posts or wooden fence posts around the perimeter. The existing fence around our vegetable garden was built from 4 8 wooden posts and 2 4 14 ga. Dig a trench for the wire along your fence. Determine the dimensions of your run.

Usually hardware cloth is galvanized stainless steel welded wire that is a tick thicker than regular chicken wire. Find out where on your property you are going to install your chicken wire fence. How to install a chicken wire fence setting posts and building frames. Step 2 dig holes for wooden stakes.

Step 5. Space posts about every six feet. Here s some more information on each kind. One of the many.

Building a pen around your chicken coop. Set fence posts no. Dogs and wild animals will dig under a fence to. Step 4 install top and bottom rails.

Step 1 determine positioning of fence. Before you do this. Dig a hole and place the posts until they re all set.