Any idea where I can get a large amount of 6' weldmesh for a reasonable price in the Berkshire area? Or something equally tall and foxproof? Is this the type of thing I need, or is it not weldmesh?
That's galvanised chicken wire.
Whatever type of "fox-proof" fencing it is,if the floor isn't of solid material then you need to line the floor with it too! LOL Years ago, when we kept chickens, a fox tunneled under the fencing and took the lot!
Shiela S
You need chain link fencing
I have to agree with electric fencing. It finally put a stop to all my predator problems except hawks. That was solved by stringing white clothesline about 2' apart over the chicken run.
Garrett Fulton
OK, well, the first people don't ring back, and the ebay one is too short, BUT I some stores I called this morning say "stock fence" or "deer fence" will do the trick, but the gap is 4-6". However:
25mx6' weldmesh=£144.75, 25mx6' stock fence=£40-£66 Can I risk it?As for relying on JUST electric fence, I think I'll play safe and go for both!
Any reccs for where to get fox traps under £70?!??
Try these people - I know it's an Ebay shop but they are proper retailers
Mary
don't simply get 'electric fencing' you need specifically electric poultry netting. No need for anything else.
it doesn't. Foxes can and do climb chainlink.
Indeed. Foxes can also climb stock fence and 2" weld mesh. I have seen them do this (6' high). I guess some foxes are smarter than others.
I wondered about having a horizontal piece of fence at the top (like an upside down "L" to stop this.
I made a 1 acre emu and rhea compound with 6 foot weldmesh with 2 inch mesh size from:
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It's kept them out of our garden since 2000.
But ours is well installed, absolutely vertical and taut, held in steel 2" x
2" uprights and top and bottom rails. Unless there is some means of their gaining a purchase they can't climb it. If it's loose they can.Even the local cats can't scale it.
If you're a belt and braces man you can attach a *loose* length of chicken wire along the top, bendinig away from your garden or weld some 1' vertical rods, about 4" apart, along the top.
In our experience it's simply not necessary. We've watched fox looking up, assessing the problem, almost shaking their heads in despair and going off.
They soon get the message that there's no access.
As someone else said, the ground at the base of the fence must also be protected, we were lucky in that there were already Yorkshire stone flags next to the fence in the adjoining garden. I believe that fox must be very hungry to dig through, though, round here they're not hungry.
Mary
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its crap don't bother chainlink with the bottom ½ mt buried L shape facing outwards and a single electric wire on a outward leaning bracket at the top will keep anything out, badgers foxes rabbits deer. And it doesn't zap the campers kids until they have climbed UP the fence :)
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Whilst I realise that you're the expert someone really ought to tell you that those aren't rheas - or emus. And if the local wildlife broke in then you live in an interesting part of the UK. ;-)
At last the solution to fox predation - protector emu's What a wonderful idea Trouble is I fear they would not like our climate up here
Yes, they can do. Most won't but some do. I have a poultry keeping friend who lives about a mile away. He keeps several rare breeds, like me, so he's made chainlink runs, maybe 10 by 6 feet for each trio with a hut attached. He was so confident that his chainlink would stand up to foxes that he stopped shutting them up at night. He also had weldmesh buried so that the foxes could not dig in. Well, yes, the chainlink *did* stand up to foxes which is to say they weren't able to break in through it, or dig in. What happened was that when the foxes came it panicked the chickens so much that they stuck their heads through the chainlink to try to escape. The result was as bad as if they had actually got in. 100% kill through heads bitten off.
Tina
On a sort of similiar-ish vein - and at the risk of hi-jacking the thread - has anyone ever had a go at making their own animal cage (i.e. small indoor animal) ?
Just wondering if it's possible to get hold of wire mesh panels (probably about a metre and a half squared) fairly cheaply pre-cut to required sizes that I can fasten together...
If you put breakfast sushi on the menu you have to expect Reynard to pull up a chair :~)
Shutting birds in their house at least reduces the temptation
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