Bramble Briar86 wrote:
...it's just the mesh but, it's pretty taught atthe bottom.
If your using "chicken wire" mesh, it tends to be rather unsubstantialand incapable of keeping dogs, raccoons, fox and similar predators out,so you might want to consider something of a more heavy duty nature.
Having said that, we allow our buns to free range in our anchor fencesurrounded backyard. In an effort to prevent them fromdigging out under the anchor fence, I placed chicken wire horitzontallyon the ground and "wrapped" it up on to the fence proper.
If the little ones attempt to dig out, they usually will do so at thejuncture of the fence and the ground, which is, of course, overlaid bythe chickenwire. The chickenwire, in turn, presents a problemto their little tootsies, so they refrain from digging.
None yet, after eight years or so, has ever figured out that if theywere to start digging underneath where the chickenwire layshorizontally on the ground, they could, in effect, dig under the anchorfence as well, eventually.
I'm not saying it is fool proof, but it is easier than burying the wireseveral feet in the ground. If the chickenwire issufficiently staked down to the ground, grass eventually grows throughit and it appears virtually unnoticable. Again, ifsufficiently staked down, a lawn mower will go right over it withoutany damage to thewire and/or the blade.
We also have a ground level "safe house" available to the free rangingbuns as a place to retreat to in the face of predatory actions, real orimaginary, as our buns are frightened by crows, raven, gulls, andairplanesthat mustappear to be raptors.
Buck
