In late summer we added a fence around the chicken yard. You may recall when we gave up on free-ranging the chicken we install a temporary chicken wire fence using T-post and of course chicken wire. This fence was always needing repair and where the creek/marsh adjoined the fence it was beginning to deteriorate, no big deal because it was always meant to be temporary until we decided on a permanent solution for the hens. The final solution was a 6-foot board fence with a 10-foot gate for easy access.

The project started and was completed in about 6-weeks. an addition to the tool chest was and is a tractor mounted post hole
digger. The post hole digger purchase delayed the start several week because Everything Attachments was moving to a new factory and there we delays on there end. With post hole digger delivered we mapped out the locations and drilled all of the holes which only took a day and a half with no physical effort.  The new step included in stalling the 20 plus 4x4s and the 2 6x6s for the gate. Using a laser level we found the highest spot and began adding the

2×4 cross members to the posts.  After the installation of the 3 cross member per section we began the installation of the vertical boards. Several weeks after the fence was completed I add an electric outlet to the northeast corner of the chicken coop for the addition of the electric fence transformer.  Again with the laser level I added a wire completely around the fence to protect from predators, more about this latter.