Chickens in our neighbor's yard

[mbducky]

We have about a dozen rhode island reds. They have a large enclosed pen in a larger enclosed garden area. They are also beside a cow pasture. However, they are obsessed with our neighbor's yard and mulch. We have clipped their wings and they literally climb the fence to their pen and then the fence around the garden area to get out and head immediately next door. They are well fed and watered. We can't afford the expense of an electric fence. Any suggestions?

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome! You are responsible for keeping your birds at home, whatever it takes. Any pen your birds can easily escape is not going to protect them from predators, either. Your neighbor shouldn't have to put up with your flock; fix the situation before bad things happen! Goat woven wire fencing is not expensive, and may keep your birds at home. Mary

 

[Toddrick]

My chickens won't stay out of the neighbors yard this year either. So I'm going to try and build them a big run using 2x4 farm fence. I'll still let them out to explore, but it will be much later in the evening so they don't have time to make it all the way across the street.

 

[Cindy in PA]

Put a top on the pen, either deer netting (7*100 ft) for about $25 bucks or a fly net which would come in different sizes & be more expensive. The 7 foot deer netting is light & can go around trees etc. If you have a really big pen, that would be the easiest. Tie it to the fence with black UV resistant zip ties.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

We have about a dozen rhode island reds. They have a large enclosed pen in a larger enclosed garden area. They are also beside a cow pasture. However, they are obsessed with our neighbor's yard and mulch. We have clipped their wings and they literally climb the fence to their pen and then the fence around the garden area to get out and head immediately next door. They are well fed and watered. We can't afford the expense of an electric fence. Any suggestions?

Does your neighbor have a problem with that? Maybe they're secretly feeding them treats.