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People were tempted to put the junkpoles in where the fat end alternates every other pole, but I think it is important to always keep the fat end down. This makes a strong barrier along the bottom to keep the chickens contained, and a "good enough" barrier at the top to keep flying chickens in and jumping deer out. Plus, it allows more light to pass down to the growies.
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This is at basecamp where we have to use rockjacks because we cannot get a regular fencepost in the ground:
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Mike Haasl wrote:After way too long, I just had a realization. Couldn't you make junk pole fences using sawmill slab wood for the vertical pieces? Use junk poles for the horizontals but stand slabs up for the body of the fence...
In my area you can get a big pickup load of sawmill slabs for $50 or less. I'm guessing you could surround an acre with two loads that size. Thoughts?
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Mike Haasl wrote:After way too long, I just had a realization. Couldn't you make junk pole fences using sawmill slab wood for the vertical pieces? Use junk poles for the horizontals but stand slabs up for the body of the fence...
In my area you can get a big pickup load of sawmill slabs for $50 or less. I'm guessing you could surround an acre with two loads that size.
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Alder Burns wrote:In climates amenable to it, bamboo comes to mind as another excellent material for such a fence. It grows in large invasive patches in much of the South and other warm moist climates and is often to be had for the asking.....
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Malek Beitinjan wrote:
paul wheaton wrote:
People were tempted to put the junkpoles in where the fat end alternates every other pole, but I think it is important to always keep the fat end down. This makes a strong barrier along the bottom to keep the chickens contained, and a "good enough" barrier at the top to keep flying chickens in and jumping deer out. Plus, it allows more light to pass down to the growies.
I'm a bit curious about this. When I was building a section of junkpole fence at WL during the SKIP event, we were told to alternate the poles so that the large end is facing down every other pole. I think it required a few more junkpoles than putting just the large ends down, but it did make a tighter fence. Does anyone have opinions on the pros/cons for this? Considering Paul wrote this 6 years ago and they've built many junkpole fences since then, the meta may have changed.
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Alder Burns wrote:In climates amenable to it, bamboo comes to mind as another excellent material for such a fence. It grows in large invasive patches in much of the South and other warm moist climates and is often to be had for the asking.....
This is what I'm wanting to do and started collecting bamboo I can obtain but keep finding alternative uses for it...and folks love trading bamboo trellis for seed.![]()
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