Can anyone help me with my Premier Electric poultry netting?

[WthrLady]

I run a bull fence. Thats not tingley...full on knock you on your butt. But when i have been zapped by it, it was when i wasn't wearing my chore boots (rubber) come to think of it.

What did you have to bribe them with to touch the fence?

Sounds like a 'hold my beer' situation.

 

[hayley3]

Nah, no bribing needed, they all saw me touch it with a sad face and knew it wasn't working , so everyone had on rubber shoes that day. LOL

 

[Kusanar]

Lol, those fences must not have much juice, all of the hotwire I have run (for horses) would actually tighten your muscles when it zapped, had one hit me across the back of the hand while I was holding the gate handle, it locked my hand around it with every pulse, took me about 3 pulses to time it right to let go! And, I was standing in sand (not super good at conducting) and wearing rubber shoes... Probably excessive, but the horses didn't hit it more than once.

 

[hayley3]

It's a poultry net, set up mainly to scare off the odd neighborhood dog and give me the chance to get out there in time, should one arrive, although I wouldn't mind one that was as powerful as yours.

 

[Criticalicious]

I have the electric poultry fence from Premier 1 around my setup. We use their red electric fence tester to measure between 4 and 8k joules or so. You can also find them at Tractor Supply. When I touch the fence, it feels like a jolt for sure - not painful but I usually skip a breath - rather uncomfortable but not deadly. My husband says it barely "tickles" but he's worked on electronics most of his life and he might have been wearing rubber shoes at the time. When a chicken touches it with their comb, they definitely notice a good jolt from the big scary wall.

Haven't had any ground predators get in yet (knock on wood), but last winter when we had snow overnight, there were some footprints walking up to the fence then running away. I suspect something touched the fence, jumped straight up in the air and ran for its life. Or so I like to hope.

 

[WthrLady]

Lol, those fences must not have much juice, all of the hotwire I have run (for horses) would actually tighten your muscles when it zapped, had one hit me across the back of the hand while I was holding the gate handle, it locked my hand around it with every pulse, took me about 3 pulses to time it right to let go! And, I was standing in sand (not super good at conducting) and wearing rubber shoes... Probably excessive, but the horses didn't hit it more than once.

Ya.....we run 10,000V plus on the bull fence. The first few nights the calves are learning are funny and sad at the same time. The coyotes forget it's there on occasion too. Ya....goofballs. The hens know where the dips in the grass are so they slide under like watermelon seeds, but they've learned to keep those heads down. Doesn't phase their feathery backs.

 

[aart]

.because with rubber shoes I wouldn't feel the shock...and happily it hurt like heck, so I guess my fence is working after all.

Sorry, but....

That's why you need a tester I guess.
Glad it was a simple solution.

 

[WthrLady]

I have an inexpensive pulse light on my fences too. They flash when the charge runs, so with a glance I can see if they're are in fact running.

 

[aart]

I have an inexpensive pulse light on my fences too. They flash when the charge runs, so with a glance I can see if they're are in fact running.

Is that part of the charger or fence....or did you add it later?

 

[WthrLady]

Added it. about the size of a key fobe