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In all seriousness, NO I have had young pullets and grown hens get out and make contact with the hot wire. No harm, no change in laying patterns. The only side effect I have observed is they are more leary of the wire afterwards and that is just plain good common sense on their part.

None that I am aware of. I had a bachelor rooster get out of his pen recently and dance around on the wire trying to get back into the run. No side effects. He was as cantankerous as ever. :lau

@Roosterbreaux, I've had my coop hot wired for 5 years. I've got zapped, my husband has gotten zapped, our dogs have been zapped, predators have been zapped, chickens have been zapped.......starting to see a pattern here? Sure people and animals make contact with it but it doesn't kill anyone or...

I have to read through all of the posts but in answer to your question and in my own experience, YES! I only have one hot wire around my run and coop and while I find fox prints all around my coop, not once has one breached the parameter....so far. Never say never. I have a combination of long...