Sunday, April 22, 2007

This is the back deck of the old play house. Many of the chickens prefer to roost on this rail instead of going in at night.

I used regular chicken wire on the top and sides of the entire cage.

Along the bottom 2 feet and covering the entire floor of the cage area I used a heavy gage coated wire. Its easier to work with than chicken wire and should last many years even on the ground.

If you don't already have one, this project is the perfect excuse to head over to Home Depot and by a small air compressor, a pneumatic stapler and nail gun. It will make doing the chicken wire much easier and faster.

Also, i found that "zip ties" - like those used by electricians were a fast and effective way to seam together the wire where the sheets of wire overlapped.

All of the posts are sunk in cement. Then I used the remaining cement to poor a thin rough slab under the doorway area. This pretty much makes it impossible for a critter to dig under at the door.



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