Re: electric fences for chooks?

David Hare-Scott <compost@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "paxwax3" <paxwax3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:43b0cea2$0$17707$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi all,
> > I recently read that an electric mesh fence was available. It was pretty
> > expensive, 249A$ for 50 meters. Just wondering if anyone has a story re
> > electric fences and chooks.
> > Ta. peter
> >
> >
>
> Friends of mine keep out predators with a variation on this idea. They have
> a normal chook-proof fence of wire mesh about 1m (3ft) high, the mesh is not
> electrified. They run two lines of electric fence wire along the outside of
> it but not touching, one about 10cm (4 in) up and the other at the top. The
> lower one is nose high and the primary defence, it also prevents digging.
> The upper one prevents climbing.
>
> This may seem to be more work but in practice it is much easier to insulate
> a wire that only needs fixing now and then than a mesh that has to be fixed
> all the way.


Doesn't sound to me as if it was something that's easy to move around,
though? Probably a good solution for a really large run, or several that
are used in a rotation system.

Your "normal chook-proof fence of about 1m (3ft) high" is something my
chooks would laugh about. They got out of their new run with a 2m high
fence around it, before I put the netting on top. But then, of course,
they aren't normal ;-)


Nuele (D)
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