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| Three Generations of Service  |
SWMBO wanted to expand the chicken yard. In order to have some hope of keeping the foxes out, it would have to be chain link. I ran the numbers on 400 feet of 5 foot high chain link fence. Just materials, do all the work myself. One "double six" gate to get the tractor in and out. Go ahead, take a wild guess... Hint: Ain't gonna happen. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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Happily Retired |
I have no idea what it is going for these days but I priced some out about 10 years ago and came to the same conclusion as you did. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
I looked at doing something similar, after I hit $3,000 in materials cost, and still did not have everything I needed in the shopping list, I decided we really didn't a fence. “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Just a quick look on the Lowes website it looks like it would be about $1600-2000 plus the cost of the gate and concrete depending on how often you have posts... ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
$6,000 | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
$2,912.54, including gate and tax. Does not include delivery to job site. What did I win? Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
I came up with $28xx before taxes and lug it home my damn self. Not counting the couple of hundred dollars worth of stuff you always forget until you have the fence 90% done. No concrete, that just gives the frost something to get ahold of and push the posts out of the ground. I moonlighted for a fencing contractor when I was stationed in Charleston, he always just drove the posts into the ground. No hole digging, no concrete unless it was a very tall fence and then only on gate posts. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
The fence posts should be below the frost line, anchored in concrete, or so I thought. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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| Nosce te ipsum |
In Maine? Who has time to dig seven feet x 800 posts.  | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short |
I guess it just depends on where you live, and if you need to follow local codes. Putting up a barbed wire fence on a ranch would prolly be different.  ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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| Member |
the chickens would love you though Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Member |
My neighbor has his five acres enclosed with a 6" chain link fence. 10 years ago it was ~ $14,000 installed. His three dogs have the run of the 5 acres. They're happy. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
why Chain link. Make a nice fence out of a quality Red Fence with T-posts. Probably half the cost or less. You are trying to keep chickens safe, not keep a rhino in. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
A fox will slip through a page wire fence without even slowing down. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides |
There are a lot of different configurations that one won't. A cl is not the only option. You could wire chicken wire to the inside of it for next to nothing cost wise. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
T-posts, welded wire fence, and bailing wire will get it done for cheaper, IME. | |||
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| Member |
400’ of fence?!?! How many chickens do you have? | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Sigh... Roughly 3 dozen. Haven't counted lately and have lost a few to old age. This is my wife's idea. They are currently in a 50x60 area and are perfectly happy, but we used to allow them to free-range when we had sheep, a dog and a guard llama to keep predators away. Now she feels bad about them being "penned up". The fact that millions of chickens have lived that way for a couple of hundred years has no bearing on the subject in her mind. It's the old "pick your battles" thing. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Victim of Life's Circumstances  |
$2400 is what 120 ft of 3 ft 8 ga. black vinyl coated chain link installed cost me.  ________________________ God spelled backwards is dog | |||
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Member |
I'm thinking some strategically placed motion lights and a suppressed rifle would be cheaper and more fun than the fence. | |||
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