electric fence only?

[stephenlouis]

Anyone have only a regular electric fence not netting for a run? My father in law has had chickens in a 4 wire setup for many years.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

I have a 4 ft tall, 7 wire, 8000 volt fence for my sheep, and the chickens will walk right through it any time they want.

 

[7L Farm]

I'm with bear foot on this one. I put hot wire around my garden thinking it would keep the chickens out only to find that I wasted my time & money. The chickens got the last laugh while walking thru the wire & into the garden. Ended up building a fence around the garden.

 

[hensofhallora]

I must also agree, hot wires are great for keeping out foxes but hens just dont seem to care. I watched one of my girls straddling a low hotwire. She went "BBBRRRKKK"! in time with the zap but it wasnt enough to make her get off the thing and find somewhere else to scratch.

 

[stephenlouis]

Yeah its for keeping out daytime predators the flock are locked up at night. Im planning on using it for dividing a winter food plot for rotational grazing oats and clover. They make energizers special for poultry cuz their legs dont ground well.

 

[mons02035]

Same here. I use the electric netting as an outside buffer to keep preditors from snacking. My garden is already fenced with that cheap wire fencing so I then surround that with the electric netting leaving a buffer zone. It won't keep the chickens in but it will ruin a foxes day if his nose hits it or paw....

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

They make energizers special for poultry

I've never heard of those​

 

[stephenlouis]

check with premier1 about chargers and poultry

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

There's nothing "poultry specific" about any of their chargers that I can see, and really their selection isn't very good.
There are much better chargers available for those prices