Hi, folks - in planning out our run, we know we'll have a roof (at least a partial one) and a predator apron, but I've seen photos of some runs with hardware cloth lining the entire height of each run wall, and others where it looks like the hardware cloth only goes up a few feet.
Specifically, in the photo attached, the walls of this run are made out of cattle panels, and the hardware cloth lines those cattle panels from the ground up 3 ft or so, but then stops. Would that be ok, along with a predator apron around the bottom of the run? Ignore the coop, just check out the run, but here's the original build if you're interested. Pretty ingenious!
Is the hardware cloth on the walls mainly to keep out grabby claw hands from racoons?
We live in the city - Los Angeles - so predators are hawks, possums, raccoons, cats, coyotes, and rats.
Thanks!
Specifically, in the photo attached, the walls of this run are made out of cattle panels, and the hardware cloth lines those cattle panels from the ground up 3 ft or so, but then stops. Would that be ok, along with a predator apron around the bottom of the run? Ignore the coop, just check out the run, but here's the original build if you're interested. Pretty ingenious!
Is the hardware cloth on the walls mainly to keep out grabby claw hands from racoons?
We live in the city - Los Angeles - so predators are hawks, possums, raccoons, cats, coyotes, and rats.
Thanks!