I'm working through a plan to have a flock of free range layers. (About 50). I want to rotate the birds from pasture to pasture after some cattle that will also be rotating pastures.
I have a mobile coop that's about 10' by 4'. I plan to put up a perimeter of electric fencing (100' x 100' square) around the mobile coop. I'll close up the birds in the coop in the evening and open the door back up in the morning. They'll be able to go in and out of (and under) the mobile coop during the day.
Can folks share their experience on electric netting and how effective you think it would be in this scenario?
I'm trying to decide whether I should add a second layer of protection, e.g. an attack donkey or something similar.
Or to scrap the plan and just build permanent fencing with a hot wire around the base and at the top.
I have a mobile coop that's about 10' by 4'. I plan to put up a perimeter of electric fencing (100' x 100' square) around the mobile coop. I'll close up the birds in the coop in the evening and open the door back up in the morning. They'll be able to go in and out of (and under) the mobile coop during the day.
Can folks share their experience on electric netting and how effective you think it would be in this scenario?
I'm trying to decide whether I should add a second layer of protection, e.g. an attack donkey or something similar.
Or to scrap the plan and just build permanent fencing with a hot wire around the base and at the top.