Re: electric fences for chooks?


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> 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.
>

No it's not portable.

> 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 ;-)
>

Perhaps my friends have docile non-flying birds or maybe they are chook
whisperers and can tell them to stay inside? For whatever reason it works
for them. I would expect the method to work as well or better on a higher
fence. I am not famliar with the commercial electrified net mentioned by
the OP, how high is that?

David


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