I'm thinking of wrapping the children in chicken wire.
What in the world? Are you really going to wrap children in chicken wire?
Actually no, I'm just thinking about chickens
No matter if you are thinking about your chickens or not, you should not wrap children with chicken wire. I do not know why you want to but no matter your reasons it is bad to wrap children in chicken wire.
What about if I said it was for their own good and that chicken wire helps protect them from coyotes.
Are you talking about your children or the chickens...? It would make sense for the chickens, because they really need your protection from the predators. On the other hand, children should never be around sharp objects and you should be protecting them too from accidentally touching it.