Well, I'm finally going to build a vege garden again, after 5 years without one.I'm thinking that because I'm lanscaping the whole middle area of the yerd (retaining walls etc), and have to enclose the vege garden in chicken wire (heaps of possums, birds, cat scats) I may as well go the whole hog and add on a chicken pen as well.
I quick internet search seems to show that 4 square feet per bird (or part thereof :D) is about right. That means 6x4 feet for 6 chickens which seems way to small.
Haven't seen or heard of any foxes around here but it wouldn't surprise me to learn that they are around. I'm thinking of digging down about 30cm to start the chicken wire underground, but would that be far enough to deter predators? Is buried chicken wire enough to stop them? I suspect that even though it's gal treated it wouldn't last very long underground. Maybe some concrete sheeting would be better underground? I could actually screw concrete sheeting to the .....let's call them joists for want of a better description....that would run around the perimeter of the pen.
It'd be grand to produce one's own cackleberries!
I quick internet search seems to show that 4 square feet per bird (or part thereof :D) is about right. That means 6x4 feet for 6 chickens which seems way to small.
Haven't seen or heard of any foxes around here but it wouldn't surprise me to learn that they are around. I'm thinking of digging down about 30cm to start the chicken wire underground, but would that be far enough to deter predators? Is buried chicken wire enough to stop them? I suspect that even though it's gal treated it wouldn't last very long underground. Maybe some concrete sheeting would be better underground? I could actually screw concrete sheeting to the .....let's call them joists for want of a better description....that would run around the perimeter of the pen.
It'd be grand to produce one's own cackleberries!
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