The very important gate! My gate is super simple to assemble. It might not be the nicest thing around but it does the job. See the 'step-by-step' guide below.
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The very important gate! My gate is super simple to assemble. It might not be the nicest thing around but it does the job. See the 'step-by-step' guide below.
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I decided that the chickens needed to be 'fenced' off after experiencing the joys (on a number of occasions) of my youngest picking up bits of poop and showing it to me as if it were treasure! An additional motivator was that our lovely deck had became the regular hangout/sunning area for the chickens. This meant that chicken muck was fast becoming a permanent feature on the deck; chicken poo can be surprisingly adherent and so an awful lot of scrubbing may be necessary to remove it. I decided that the fence needed to be easy to erect and dismantle (if ever required). In the end, I chose 1.5 m high site fence posts (possibly also known as star pickets), 1.5 m high wooden tomato stakes, chicken wire and a whole lot of cable ties to tether the wire to the posts. It took about 2 hrs on my own to put up the fence. I was lucky that it had been raining as it was easy to drive the posts, with the aid of a mallet, into the soft earth. I chose not to embed the posts into concrete because I really did not want permanent holes/concrete circles in the yard. The posts are holding up pretty well thus far. The final height of the posts and fence is about 1.2 m from the ground. I was concerned that it was not going to be high enough to keep some of my chickens in but surprisingly none have attempted to fly over it- thankfully! For pics and bit more information on the Chicken Fence see the posts (dated 6/15/2015, 6/19/2015 and 7/26/2015) under the Chickens & Coops category of my Blog page. |
You'll find on this page details of how the Chicken Fence and the accompanying Gate were assembled.
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