How do you install "chicken wire"?

[joebryant]

I need to install about 100 feet of chicken wire, something I've never done before. I will be putting most of it up in doubled 4' x 10' sections, making 8' X 10' walls with a center 2' x 4" for support. I've put up a lot of hardware cloth with no problems using screws and fender washers; should I do the same with chicken wire? Any suggestions on cutting it?

EDIT:
BTW, the walls in the barn where I'm working are ten feet high. Is it likely that a chicken will ever fly out of a 4' x 10' or 8' x'10' area over an 8' wall to get into a different section of the 12' x 24' section of the barn that my wife and I are sectioning off for chickens/chicks, i.e., do I need to put wire over the top of each section.

 

[scbatz33]

we just use wire snips. Just be careful the rolls tend to snap back and cut you! It's not as hard to cut as hard wire cloth, it just has a mind of it own!!

Oh, and screws with washers works, we use nails and heavy duty staples as well.

 

[Renee]

We use roofing nails with those built on square metal washer thingies.

I think it is highly unlikely that a chicken will fly out of a cordoned off area with wire eight feet tall. That's what we put up to keep our neighbor's free-range chickens out of our yard, and not one has made it over since.

 

[Big Chicken Little]

I use tarpaper roofing nails with the large plastic heads... works real well

Oh one more thing I do not cut the wire from the roll have someone pull the roll while you nail it odd and then cut it ...more tension this way.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I use U/fencing nail. They are shaped like a large U with points on both ends. much better then staples.