
Making a fence taller

We've got a hen flying over a
section of fence to hide her eggs again.
Arghhh.
Our solution was to extend
that fence with some 5 foot tall chicken wire. We used nylon rope to
connect it to the bottom fence and got it up in well under an hour.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Great to see a pic of Mark almost smiling! (He usually looks so serious/sad . . .)
No need to post this online!
Hey! That looks great, and I am interested because I have the same need: to raise my chicken-yard fence.
How is the taller fence supported in the middle?
I have been looking at the whizbang plucker guy's t-post extender gadgets that he uses for putting up bean trellis'.
We currently have a 4-ft fence around the so-called chicken yard that is absolutely no barrier for chickens or turkeys.
Thanks -Suz in VT.