Mr. Google has not been very forthcoming in answering this question. So I thought I would ask on here and see if real world people with electric fences who also burn brush have any advice. Thanks!
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We are going to build it something along the lines of this:What is your electric fence made of? Is it poly and steel? I’m guessing it is chicken electric fence?
This make the most sense to me.I asked DH if we should burn the pile first before building the fence, and then relocate the next burn pile to somewhere else.
Lol his response sounds about right. If you can stand there it shouldn't melt it. I'm a fan of the poly electric fence (its usually black and yellow or white) it creates a visual border as well as an electric one. Hope your fencing is going wellWe are going to build it something along the lines of this:
http://www.plamondon.com/wp/faq-simple-electric-fences-chickens/
But we will probably make it 3 or 4 wires, or maybe alternate hot wires and ground wires. The area I want to enclose includes our brush/burn pile where we pile up all our downed branches and unusable scrap wood, cardboard etc.
I asked DH if we should burn the pile first before building the fence, and then relocate the next burn pile to somewhere else. He just wants to get the fence done asap so we can move my chicken village out of the back yard and he can have grass back. I told him I couldn't find anyone on the internet talking about distances between fires and fences. His reply was to ask me how close I can stand next to the fire, and as long as the fence was farther back than that, it won't get any hotter than I will. I hadn't really thought of it that way.
So we put the posts in reasonably far back enough, and when we burn the pile, if it makes us uncomfortable, we'll just make the next pile somewhere else. Or burn it more often before it gets so big. (We have been known to procrastinate burning for a couple of years. )
Yes, I agree. And I don't want it taking up space in the new chicken area. Not to mention that my turkey hens have been known to lay their eggs under the brush pile where it's hard for me to reach.This make the most sense to me.
Thank you. Fencing is on hold for a bit while I work on my new coop, and then I will want the fence finished before I move chickens into the new coop. I'm nervous about having them out in coyote territory. Our actual back yard has a regular 4' fence, and even though coyotes can clear that easily, they choose not to. But in the snow, their tracks are all around the outside of the fence.Lol his response sounds about right. If you can stand there it shouldn't melt it. I'm a fan of the poly electric fence (its usually black and yellow or white) it creates a visual border as well as an electric one. Hope your fencing is going well