Electric fencing doesn't always work.

[kartking22]

As I have been raising birds for a long time myself, I really never took stock in protecting my pheasants with an electric fence. My main predator here are racoons. They are very crafty and will find a way around an electric fence. My simple way to keep them out was to put some old corrugated tin around the sides of my enclosure, burried six inches in the ground. I have two widths of the tin high to make the racoons need to try to scale 3 1/2 feet of unclimbable situations. The other four feet of enclosure is 1" chicken wire to deter them from getting in IF they actually find a way over the corrugated tin barrier.

 

[cw]

your right electric fencing dont always work but the 30-30 usaully stops em in there tracks if that dont stop em the 30-06 does , but if that dont stop em,they can have the chickens

 

[Tala]

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It depends on the dog. I know a single strand will keep my dog in or out, and several strands is all that keeps several neighbor dogs in. I think it works better if the dog is trained to the fence from puppyhood - mine won't chance any wire, anywhere, hot or not.

But you are right, most dogs who are already interested in causing trouble will not be kept OUT by it.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Great post, thanks!

There are lots of ways that we can get a false sense of security with the various methods we employ to protect our flocks... it's just often not until we have a devastating problem that we realize the security was in deed false.

I've overbuilt the protection on my coop, and even though I think it is super solid against anything in our urban environment I know that security could be fleeting if something finds a weak spot.

A good reason to read through the experiences of others (like this) to know what we're up against.

 

[mdbokc]

Electric fencing, done right, simply but nicely increases the odds of successful protection. It has brought some of my potential problems to a screeching halt. The bottom line is that it was worth the cost and 2 hrs to install for me. I would have fewer birds without it.

 

[NateinFL]

I want to put up an electric fence around my entire coop but I cant figure out how I'd get the door open if I ran a strand around it. And then the chickens would not be able to get near the coop without being zapped, sounds very unpleasant.

 

[twentynine]

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If I remember I will post a picture of how I did mine.

 

[panner123]

Not knowing the bred of dog, I can't said to much. Most dogs with a heavy coat can get though the normal electric fence. If you use the medthod for keeping sheep in, you will find most other criiters won't get in. This is the method I use and most of the time it will even keep a bear out. Run 2 strands of hot barb wire. The little round wire used by the electric fence is insulated by the fur, but the bards penitrate the fur and hits the skin. A much more affective method. It also helps to have a son that soups up the output of the charger. ( The son says the charger puts out more volts than a taser that the police use). I will not let ANYONE near the fence, it has knocked a young bear cub down and burned me once. Since I have moved, I have not had to put it to use. I don't think I would use the same charger here, as I now have human neighbors with children. If I did I would have to put up a child proof fence around the electric fence.

 

[NateinFL]

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If I remember I will post a picture of how I did mine.

Oh that would be great!

 

[panner123]

A few sites for electric fences, kencove.com, afence.com and redsnapper electric fences. They give you everything from panning to installing, with different choices like battery, solar or plug in.