Hi all, I'm having a problem as I would like to let my chickens free-range more often, but I have a major racoon / coyote / dog / hawk? problem and I have no fencing. I'm in Michigan and I live rurally surrounded by woods / swamp and farms on the other side. I have about a 3-4 acre area cleared of trees with pasture, needs to be something portable got no power out there.
I think I want to do a small / medium sized electric fence area and move it every once in a while just for the chickens. Does this really keep dogs and coyotes out and chickens in? I have free ranging large dogs that cannot have access to them (and strays). I also regularly see hawks? Eagles? I don't know, but they have huge shadows! Can these carry off an adult Wyandotte? Any tips for this? Is it safe to put the electric fencing around medium to large size apple trees, or in the periphery of the woods, or does this invite predators? I'm lost, but I would like to buy something asap. Anyone recommend a specific product that I can get asap, set up easily (even for a dummy like me with pain problems?!). Thank you!
I think I want to do a small / medium sized electric fence area and move it every once in a while just for the chickens. Does this really keep dogs and coyotes out and chickens in? I have free ranging large dogs that cannot have access to them (and strays). I also regularly see hawks? Eagles? I don't know, but they have huge shadows! Can these carry off an adult Wyandotte? Any tips for this? Is it safe to put the electric fencing around medium to large size apple trees, or in the periphery of the woods, or does this invite predators? I'm lost, but I would like to buy something asap. Anyone recommend a specific product that I can get asap, set up easily (even for a dummy like me with pain problems?!). Thank you!