Can a fox jump through a fence that has 4 foot hardware cloth lining it?

[FunnyBunny89]

I've been looking at fox jumping videos but haven't found anything about a fox jumping through a fence, only over. But we have an 8 foot field fence, and I can't imagine it jumping THAT high. However, I feel like it could jump through the fence, so I lined it with hardware cloth. My coop is totally secure from diggers, so I'm not worried about it digging under the fence overnight, just worried about it passing through at dusk right before I put the chickies to bed. I am at the point where I'm thinking it might be worth it to just build a doghouse up there and give my dogs a job...

Pic included. I don't have any pics of just the fence but I took this pic tonight and the fence is in it (our neighbor's dog came by for a visit. My dogs are the two black ones.)

Edit: I'm still adding hardware cloth. I have gotten the whole corner around the coop done and the gate but I have a ton more to do.

Edit 2: i put up solar flood lights on the gate and the fence posts around the corner and back, but I'm not sure if those will make much difference.

 

[McChooky]

I attached my coop to the fence around the yard so my dogs could watch my chickens when they're free ranging .(It took 2 yrs to train them both but was well worth it) I bought a baby monitor for the coop too. I haven't lost any chickens since I put my dogs to work. They love to chase predators! My coop and runs predator proof so I don't worry about my chickens at night.

 

[McChooky]

I've been looking at fox jumping videos but haven't found anything about a fox jumping through a fence, only over. But we have an 8 foot field fence, and I can't imagine it jumping THAT high. However, I feel like it could jump through the fence, so I lined it with hardware cloth. My coop is totally secure from diggers, so I'm not worried about it digging under the fence overnight, just worried about it passing through at dusk right before I put the chickies to bed. I am at the point where I'm thinking it might be worth it to just build a doghouse up there and give my dogs a job...

Pic included. I don't have any pics of just the fence but I took this pic tonight and the fence is in it (our neighbor's dog came by for a visit. My dogs are the two black ones.)

Edit: I'm still adding hardware cloth. I have gotten the whole corner around the coop done and the gate but I have a ton more to do.

Edit 2: i put up solar flood lights on the gate and the fence posts around the corner and back, but I'm not sure if those will make much difference.

My coop sits underneath a canopy of trees so I can't fence them out but my dogs keep everything run off.

 

[Down Under]

It depends on how well you have secured it, if you can push through it then they will find a way to push through it. I would be more worried about them chewing through it though, it is recommended to use something with small holes so that they cannot get their teeth around it. Most fox fences that I see use 1" x 1" welded mesh.

 

[McChooky]

We're making an 8 ft fence around our patio (1' x 1'' hw cloth)and considering adding rollers on top.

 

[Down Under]

We're making an 8 ft tall fence around our patio out of 1' x 1'' coated steel hw cloth so our cats will be safe from coyotes, foxes and bob cats when they're outside.We're considering using 3" PVC pipe to make diy Coyote rollers for the top of the fence (inside and out) Our patio already has a canopy overhead but its 11 ft tall (3 ft difference)

Is hw cloth strong? I am talking about the stuff that you have to cut with a grinder or bolt cutters.

 

[FunnyBunny89]

It depends on how well you have secured it, if you can push through it then they will find a way to push through it. I would be more worried about them chewing through it though, it is recommended to use something with small holes so that they cannot get their teeth around it. Most fox fences that I see use 1" x 1" welded mesh.

Here's what I'm using. Definitely cannot push through it! And it's really sharp at the edges, so if they tried to chew through it, it would cut them up.

 

[FunnyBunny89]

I attached my coop to the fence around the yard so my dogs could watch my chickens when they're free ranging .(It took 2 yrs to train them both but was well worth it) I bought a baby monitor for the coop too. I haven't lost any chickens since I put my dogs to work. They love to chase predators! My coop and runs predator proof so I don't worry about my chickens at night.

Our coop is far away from the house, and in an orchard. It came with the property, we just had to rebuild it because the original build was old, and just plywood with broken windows and a broken door and peeling walls. But yeah, I guess having dogs nearby would be the only foolproof measure, huh?

I'm not really worried about overnight predator attacks, but since the coop is so far from the house, it could happen at dusk before I get out there to put the chickies to bed..

 

[FunnyBunny89]

Is hw cloth strong? I am talking about the stuff that you have to cut with a grinder or bolt cutters.

Maybe some hw cloth is stronger than than others?

 

[FunnyBunny89]

My coop sits underneath a canopy of trees so I can't fence them out but my dogs keep everything run off.

Thankfully, we do not have any trees near the fence!