Another Electric fence question

Due to major problems with packs of wild dogs, we're going to have to
turn on the
electric fence around all our pastures. The bottom hot wire is about
3-4 inches off the
ground. Not sure what charger I will use yet but it will probably be
pushing 10,000 volts.

What's going to happen when one of our chickens or ducks hits that
bottom hot wire ?
Is it going to kill it ?

That worries me. I've been thinking of changing the fencing around
the house, etc to field
fencing with a hot wire around just the top just so the birds don't
get zapped.

But the outside fencing has got to be electric. And HOT.

Randy
Randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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