Chicken Wire Fasteners

Well, you could either just use wire, which is cheap, and will work, but which will leave pointy little ends to snag cat-paws and people's clothing, or dacron twine, which will cost quite a bit more, but is UV resistant and doesn't leave pointy ends.

How did they imprison chickens before there was plastic?

What is it tied TO?

That is likely part of the problem- it is tied to itself, instead of a frame. If I inderstand OPs post correctly, the enclosure, aside from maybe some corner posts, is basically a chicken-wire box. So all the joints flex all the time, which will make a zip tie fail quickly, sunlight or not. The volunteers need to scrape up some 2x2 and 2x4, and build an actual chicken coop frame (mini-POW cage style), and attach the chicken wire to that with fence staples, like Old McDonald and God intended.

I remember once as a kid, when I got roped into feeding a neighbor lady's hobby chickens while her and my mother were out doing something together one day. When I got there around dusk, one of the roosters was strutting around the yard outside the pen, just as pleased as he could be with himself. But it was all show- as soom as he realized I was there, he ran back to the pen, and stuffed himself back in, right through the overlapped chicken wire joint. He knew where his 'safe' zone was.

aem sends....

aem sends....

Stocks, pillary, dunking chair.

They built a frame, out of lumber. Four by four posts, and two by four beams from side to side. Sorry, forgot to mention.

The challenge is that the cat coop is so large, the chicken wire seams aren't lined up with boards. Be easier if they were, just staple the seams to boards. The cat coop is probably 15 feet by

The problem is as you say, at the seams where the rolls of chicken wire come together. There can be gaps large enough for a kitty to wriggle through.

Yes. Fully closed the ends overlap to form a circle. (not really round- closer to a triangle)

Charlie

LOL

Having read the other posts, I imagine the hog-ring approach is your best bet. As to a possible source -- years ago, I used to get hog rings and the crimping pliers at the auto supply store (the old Western Auto) when I bought seat covers for my car. That was the recommended stitcher-fastener then.

SJF

Trying to keep cats in. I was thinking some thing like the old split-shot lead fishing weights. But maybe aluminum. Something that would keep the fence tightly closed.

Generally, you hook chickenwire together just by overlapping it a few cells, and bending the the ends of each peice through the other one. If you're having too much trouble with the cats, I can post a recipe.

Ah, to use common sense. Which is lacking, here. The edges of the chicken wire butt up against each other with no overlap.

She says there are about 50 cats. What's the recipe? I don't like mushrooms or onions, but slow roasted with A-sauce sounds good. Do you have to pound the heck out of them for tenderizing? Or just slow cook crock pot?