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Hedgeland Farms
Crowing
Thank you for this tip!!I use 1/2" hardware cloth as flooring for my dual purpose. The DP grow a lot slower than your CX. I find that the poop falls through until they get to be about 12 weeks old, then it can accumulate. It gets too big and doesn't all fall through. I assume you are not seeing that with your 8 week old CX on that wire or you would have mentioned it. I wanted to point out that the size of the mesh can be important, that would be easy to miss.
Some welded wire can have tiny sharp nubs on it, from the manufacturing process. Some doesn't mean all. That could be from either welding or galvanizing. Those can chew up the chickens' feet, but they are going to be on one side. Check to see if your wire has those. If it does, put the smooth side up and you will be OK.