[The Golden Heap]

I have some 600mm wide chicken wire and I intend to protect my strawberry plants with it from the pigeons my question is will 600mm be wide enough either as a dome a folded like a tent?

[gremlin]

Assuming you mean an arched cloche - that would give you about 400mm wide x 200mm high.  That might just be big enough for 1st year plants, but 2nd year plants get bigger.

It will be a tight squeeze and you would heave to peg the mesh down very firmly or the plants will lift it off.

Oh,  and the blackbirds and thrushes will peck the fruit through the mesh where it touches the mesh 

[Ivor Backache]

Short answer is yes.... but I always have a bigger problem from slugs.

[The Golden Heap]

The other option is to tie them in together giving 1200mm width which is a little excessive, I will use it tis year and perhaps water pipe and nets next year. Thanks all

[gavinjconway]

My strawbs have never been been eaten by pigeons - the odd blackbird and slugs... yes.. 

[fatcat1955]

I saw somewhere that commercial grower's allow a blackbird to nest in their poly tunnels as they will keep all other bird's away.