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How can you stop predators from digging under a run?

Bury hardware cloth or extend an apron outward at the run edge.

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Why: Digging animals start right at the base of a fence. If the wire is buried and bent outward, they dig straight into more wire.

Huh, didn't know that: Virginia Tech suggests burying the wire at least 12 inches deep and bending it outward about 6 inches.

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Answer: Bury hardware cloth or extend an apron outward. Digging animals start right at the base of a fence. If the wire is buried and bent outward, they dig straight into more wire.

  1. Virginia Cooperative Extension: Small-scale Poultry Housing (APSC-186) aaec.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/2902/2902-1092/APSC-186.pdf
    bury the wire along the pen border at least 12 inches deep, and toe the fence outward about 6 inches
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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