American Gamefowl

[Chickenman1994]

What kind of electric fence wire y’all run do you run the poly wire the tape or just the metal wire?

 

[Flockincrazy]

LOL I'm sure you have just as many critters moseying around.


Congrats! Are you doing some more pen building?
Doesn't seem to matter with mine lately if they can't see each other, they can still hear

LOL Well, I could give some canned corn to my birds, they would probably like that. If I did buy such a large can of something, likely I would just freeze the extra.
Welcome To Thread - do you keep Gamefowl?

Yes i have 147quail i give them corn all the time

 

[Flockincrazy]

Yes i have 147quail i give them corn all the time

I am doing more building i just put the finishing touches on my batchler coop and am gonna add on to my quail pen because my dad found us out so I have to keep what hatches from 60quail eggs my daughter ordered without permission so I have to make my quail pen bigger

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What kind of electric fence wire y’all run do you run the poly wire the tape or just the metal wire?

Mine's metal wire.

 

[Chickenman1994]

Mine's metal wire.

Yeah that’s what I figured. I’m gonna go buy the stuff this weekend I can get a lot more for fewer dollars with the metal it seems

 

[roosterhavoc]

I use 14 gauge wire

 

[Chickenman1994]

I use 14 gauge wire

I’ll check it out you use the plastic posts or the metal t post? I plan on actually building a fence around the entire thing with the welded wire eventually but got to get the trailer gone first just want to add electric fence for some added security for now.

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[roosterhavoc]

I’ll check it out you use the plastic posts or the metal t post? I plan on actually building a fence around the entire thing with the welded wire eventually but got to get the trailer gone first just want to add electric fence for some added security for now.

Metal T-posts. If you don’t actually need the fence I would just go with the electric fence and run 7 wires spaced closer at the bottom for 3 wires and the 4 above spaced out a little more. That will work and be way cheaper than building an actual fence plus less maintenance with the wire coming into contact with the welded wire fencing.

 

[Chickenman1994]

Metal T-posts. If you don’t actually need the fence I would just go with the electric fence and run 7 wires spaced closer at the bottom for 3 wires and the 4 above spaced out a little more. That will work and be way cheaper than building an actual fence plus less maintenance with the wire coming into contact with the welded wire fencing.

Eventually I am gonna add fence but it’s not the smart thing to do until I get that trailer gone lol. I’d say for a few hundred bucks I could get the electric fencing done. Be easier to mess with too we always used the rope stuff for cattle but you can buy 1/2 mile of the 14 gauge stuff for like 28 bucks here.