Electric poultry netting

Ding Dong

We have a fox problem and now cannot let the hens free rangea round the garden so we are considering electric netting / fencing. any experince with this? pros and cons? they have a small run at the moment but its devoid of grass, as expected. Im just worrked w 8 hens, even moving the fencing, they will destroy the 40' x 40' netted area even if we move them reguarly around the garden. anyway, any feedback on your experience with this method is greatly appreciated

Rosahane

When I was involved in rearing Pheasants for the gun club we had an electric fence about six inches off the ground and about the same out from the netting wire.

It worked fine and we never lost any to predation despite the pen being in the middle of a wood well away from habitation.

Of course the buggers died from other causes...

bauhirwilles

Ding Dong wrote: »

We have a fox problem and now cannot let the hens free rangea round the garden so we are considering electric netting / fencing. any experince with this? pros and cons? they have a small run at the moment but its devoid of grass, as expected. Im just worrked w 8 hens, even moving the fencing, they will destroy the 40' x 40' netted area even if we move them reguarly around the garden. anyway, any feedback on your experience with this method is greatly appreciated

See, electric fencing would be the best idea to teach a lesson to the fox and it really works great, I had a 25 acres of land and in that I used to keep my chick's in about 1/2 acres with waterers, poultry feeders and all,, in which I use an electric fence and while managing it I usually turn off power to the fence and step over the fence. My fence is 48″ tall and it is easy for me to step over the fence by gently bending one of the fiberglass rods toward me, so that the fence sags, then stepping over the sagging section. This is much easier and quicker than opening up the fence where it joins. You may try for a circular shape or a “C” shape.