you can run 2 fences parallel to each other however wide you will want the bay pen to be. Remember one side will have the gate... on each end measure the distance between the fences...let's say the fences are 30 feet apart, divide that in 2 and you have 15 feet and you can drive a stake at 15 feet and this stake is exactly even with both fence ends. Now you can use the 15 foot rope or string as the measurement for the posts to connect the fences and the pen will look oblong when completed and will look uniform.
do the 15 feet measurement, stake and string, on both ends...makes as nice looking bay pen.
I don't understand this. Are you dividing a 30' pen? any way you can post a drawing?
I will explain it another way. and if you need more info call me at 979-239-8513.
draw a rectangle and measure the short sides of the rectangle. lets say the rectangle is 30x45.
the mid point of the 30 feet side would be 15 feet... drive a stake at that location...
tie a 15 foot string to the stake. tie it so that it can slip around the stake so that the string can always maintain its 15 feet length no matter which way you rotate it.
when you pull the string tight it should reach a corner of the rectangle. keep it tight and walk around to the other end. if you notice you made a perfect 1/2 circle and it connected to the other end...
use that string to decide where to set the posts dor the fence,
So when building the pen the long sides of the rectangle will be completed along with the gate...once this is done then follow the procedure above to build the ends...
you can do this on paper...
when completed the width is still 30 feet and the length at its longest point will be 75 feet.
the 45 ft length plus 15 ft on one end and 15 ft on the other gives you 75 ft at its longest point which is when the string is exactly facing straight out at the mid point of the 1/2 circle.
I am not a carpenter or even a fence builder but have made 2 baypens like this...and if I can do it anyone can
you can make it any size you want I just picked these numbers...but this way you don't have any corners and you get more length than a round pen so that the pups/dogs can learn how to stop a hog that wants to break bay...
