What`s the best kind of chicken wire and fencing

It is essential to set up fences around chicken coops or chicken farms, so that the chickens can be enclosed and protected from pests and natural enemies. This will prevent rats, snakes, etc. who want to eat chicken or dogs, raccoons, foxes, eagles, etc. who want to eat your chicken for dinner. There are several kinds of Wires and fences, here I will discuss some of them:

Galvanized Hardware Cloth. This is the best material for closed houses or closed operations. In particular, you need 1/2 inch galvanized hardware cloth(usually No. 19). Smaller openings may be too brittle, and larger openings will not deter rats or snakes. Hard cloth is divided into 3 feet, 4 feet, 5 feet and 6 feet, the most common of which are 3'and 4'rolls, with lengths ranging from 5 feet, 25 feet, 50 feet to 100 feet.

Wire mesh is made by braiding or welding steel wires together and then hot-dipping them in zinc (galvanized) to prevent rust. It is a hard product, but you can bend it by hand, cut it easily with a pair of barbed wire cutters, and then use 3/4-inch galvanized poultry fence Nails to fix it to the frame or column. After bending into a certain shape, the hardware cloth can maintain its shape well. Avoid using staples in manual staplers. They are prone to rust, and if/when they slide out, they will be pecked. On the other hand, galvanized staples fired from a pneumatic stapler gun work well.