Best Electric Chicken Fence

[ravenvalor]

Thanks for all of the great advice on this fencing project. I, for the most part keep the arcing at bay but am not losing sleep over it.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I use net fencing to pasture my hens, which I move every two days, so I have a lot of experience with it. I have used both Premiere 1 and Kencove fencing, hands down the Kencove fencing is the better of the two. For one thing, the vertical supports are plastic instead of string, so there is very little if any sag, vs the premiere which sags VERY badly (to the point where chickens can easily jump over it) also the posts on the kencove fence are MUCH more durable than the P1 post which are constantly breaking at the base. Also the Kencove fence does not curl on the bottom (the P1 fence curls and shorts out along the bottom). If you are going to get electro net fencing, I recommend the Kencove brand.
Here's a link to their website: http://www.kencove.com/fence/detail.php?code=NPCW2

 

[ravenvalor]

Can I use other than the 'wide impedance' fence energizers for the Premiere 1 electric fence? My friend wants to use his own charger for his fence.
Thanks,
Jim

 

[CooperDooper]

Hi Everyone - We are planning to relocate our coop/run to a large fenced area (prob 2/10 acre) the have for our dogs. They will have their coop and an 8'x12' run and I will let them out to "free-range" inside the fenced area. The fence is 7ft high and I have never seen anything but chipmunks and squirrels inside it. My dogs are great with the chickens (in case you were wondering). I am reading this thread bc I want to run an electrified wire around the perimeter of the fence in case anyone out there gets any ideas while the girls are "free-ranging".

Has anyone done anything like this? Any suggestions on products? I can get the power from exterior outlets on the house. Most of what I see is the netting and I only need the wiring. And we would need something that can survive and work in 2 feet of snow. I was thinking of running it 6" off the ground and again at 3 ft or so. We had a fox attack a year ago and there is currently one that comes around daily.

Thanks for any advice or thoughts you may have

 

[feedinbirds]

Hi, trying to understand what you meant by: don't leave them in at night or they will be dead? chickens or hot fence system????

 

[alibabba]

i would be worried my chickens would eat the grass that had been sprayed and get sick...they like to eat everything they shouldn't lol.

i think that would work great if you had enough to do the entire perimeter...the grass won't grow through that!

old thread, but I use shingles on weed patches in the driveway. much success until they disentegrate after a few years. boiling water in a tea kettle or something bigger...will kill every thing.

 

[Shezadandy]

Hi Everyone - We are planning to relocate our coop/run to a large fenced area (prob 2/10 acre) the have for our dogs. They will have their coop and an 8'x12' run and I will let them out to "free-range" inside the fenced area. The fence is 7ft high and I have never seen anything but chipmunks and squirrels inside it. My dogs are great with the chickens (in case you were wondering). I am reading this thread bc I want to run an electrified wire around the perimeter of the fence in case anyone out there gets any ideas while the girls are "free-ranging".

Has anyone done anything like this? Any suggestions on products? I can get the power from exterior outlets on the house. Most of what I see is the netting and I only need the wiring. And we would need something that can survive and work in 2 feet of snow. I was thinking of running it 6" off the ground and again at 3 ft or so. We had a fox attack a year ago and there is currently one that comes around daily.

Thanks for any advice or thoughts you may have

I'm sure you figured it out long ago, but my favorite is the 9 wire Powerfields (black and white). We've got it in several applications for three years, lots of rain, some snow, with no problems and no complaints. It can be used with insulators of whatever length you want that nail into wood posts, insulators that will click onto chain link, insulators that will hook onto t-posts and so on. Chargers are a matter of location and your cost constraints- when setting up this stuff, I think you're supposed to multiply the # of feet by 9 (9 wires per foot), and choose the charger that can handle the 'total feet', i.e. 8+8+12+12, multiply by the number of strands (sounds like 2), then by 9 to make sure the charger has enough juice for max effectiveness. Unlike the regular electric (just metal) wire, there's no bothering with stretching it. The white tape is good too, but insulators, connectors, splices, etc are considerably more expensive for electric tape, and it's more prone to laying over and/or drooping.

 

[FaerieGlynne]

Digging up an old thread but I'm planning on getting some electrical fencing for my (soon to be) ducks. Just wondering if everyone still feels the same about their fencing. I was thinking of going with the kencove since it'll be around a bit of a hilly area.

 

[tredin18]

Will foxes and other digging predators dig under this type of electric fence?

 

[FaerieGlynne]

I've seen no sign of it so far but not sure how many foxes in Oregon and I've also only had it up a couple of months.