With the materials in hand I can now continue to assemble the chicken yard fence almost to the end where the perimeter fence. I had to sink a couple more posts after I put the one in by the tree stump since the imaginary line for the fence to be straight took it over a foot away from the trees that were originally supposed to be "posts". This is no big deal, I did get extra posts just for this type of situation.
After sinking the posts I was able to nail up the 2x4s to help in keeping the posts steady and straight while the concrete cured. On one post I did use a section of fence panel that was cut from a larger panel to act as a brace to hold the works straight up. With the boards up I went back to tacking up fence panels to exhaust my supply of units. Running through brad nails I got all the panels up, leaving the two sections remaining as can be seen in the previous picture. With the fence almost done up to the last post I sunk in the ground I did run across another problem. Since I wasn't using the trees as posts, the last post is in a position where it is a few feet from the perimeter fence line while also being a few feet from the last tree that is serving as both the end of the old chicken yard fence and the perimeter fence. What this will end up meaning is I would have to put a whole panel up against that tree and against another post sunk in the ground along the perimeter fence line then fill the few feet gap between the end of the new chicken yard fence and the back of the perimeter fence. Its either that or a newer idea, adding a small gate to this zone right here. While this will mean still adding a post in the ground near the tree, I can make a bit of a channel with some more wood and fencing so access can be gained to the chicken yard without having to go through the rest of the fenced in area or through the house. The reason behind this is that when we're out of town we have our neighbor watch the house and tend to the chickens and since our plan is to let the dog roam free within the confines of the yard after the fences are closed down, without the fence idea implemented, he would have to go through the fenced in yard, with the dog. Rather than trying to get the dog used to him to that degree, it would just be better to add an outside access gate to the chicken yard that can be locked at any other time but opened to allow access for the neighbor when he's tending to the birds. This gate would be in the woods and would require a corridor going from the driveway through the woods leading up to the gate. That will mean some more brush clearing and finishing of the grounds so weeds and other shit don't grow back over the area. That'll mean gravel for the walkway and complete clearing of brush and other weed trees from the area several feet on either side. Routine maintenance would also be required but once everything is established, keeping things trimmed up wouldn't be too bad. I would probably even go as far as to add some light to the corridor from the driveway for guidance if the yard is to be accessed in the evening such as when he gets home from work during the winter hours when it gets dark much earlier. Rather than trying to half ass these things I would rather take the time to actually make the end product be nice and worth looking at and worthy of praise because time was put into actually making it something nice versus just throwing it together just to have something done, regardless of quality. Until the next time.
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