On 29 Mar, 12:18, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"TC" wrote in message

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Mary and Nick, we no longer have chickens because of local dogs and
foxes
so a substantial run is not such a silly idea if only to keep things out
rather than things in.

I can understand your worry but we lost a lot of our bantams before we
fenced the garden effectively. The chicken mesh was more than adequate for
their run, they were all killed while they were in the garden.

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I've been told that some animals can bite through chicken wire and
also that if the mesh is too big then chickens can stick their heads
through it to look at a fox who then bites it off! *Don't know how
likely this all is.

The idea of a chicken looking through mesh at a fox is, I'd say, so unlikely
as to be laughable. If they see a fox or unfamiliar dog from a long way
they'll try to get away.

I doubt that a fox could bite through chicken wire too, they never have
here.

Mary

Well I'm told it happens! Maybe it happens in a small %age of cases
and you're not one of those. I get a fox every night sniffing about
so it'll have plenty of opportunity to plan a form of attack....
TC