electric fencing

[Raptorsgocluck]

Trust me poultry netting does NOT work. Do not waste your money. I am down two ducks and a goose. I added 10 poles to stiffen it. Have checked the charge everyday all along. The coyotes just climb it and eat .

Sounds like you might need a stronger energiser. I also have premier one poultry net and it works wonders. I have the intellishock 60 solar which worked wonderful. But I bought more fence so I upgraded to a plug in kube 4000. Coyotes and foxes are always in my yard trying to get in, they won't get within 6 feet of the fence after touching it the first night (and running away yipeing) The kube puts out a pretty serious shock. Not to get too graphic but after they show up the first night I have to get rid of them for good just in case they figure out they can jump it. Yet to lose any chickens since I got the kube energiser.

 

[Trish1974]

I noticed reading this that some of the time folks seemed to be talking about netting and some of the time they seemed to be talking about fencing. I'm thinking they aren't the same things?

Nope. Two totally different things.
I don't have any experience with the netting. A true electric fence is customizable from the grounding, spacing between lines, the type of fence you use (wire or poly tape), connections and you can make it as tall or short as you want. A "netting" system is usually 36 or 48 inches tall, comes as one unit you pop up and plug into a charger. They're mobile.

 

[Trish1974]

Sounds like you might need a stronger energiser. I also have premier one poultry net and it works wonders. I have the intellishock 60 solar which worked wonderful. But I bought more fence so I upgraded to a plug in kube 4000. Coyotes and foxes are always in my yard trying to get in, they won't get within 6 feet of the fence after touching it the first night (and running away yipeing) The kube puts out a pretty serious shock. Not to get too graphic but after they show up the first night I have to get rid of them for good just in case they figure out they can jump it. Yet to lose any chickens since I got the kube energiser.

I agree, there is something wrong there.

 

[Raptorsgocluck]

Sounds like you might need a stronger energiser. I also have premier one poultry net and it works wonders. I have the intellishock 60 solar which worked wonderful. But I bought more fence so I upgraded to a plug in kube 4000. Coyotes and foxes are always in my yard trying to get in, they won't get within 6 feet of the fence after touching it the first night (and running away yipeing) The kube puts out a pretty serious shock. Not to get too graphic but after they show up the first night I have to get rid of them for good just in case they figure out they can jump it. Yet to lose any chickens since I got the kube energiser.

Also make sure everything is set up correctly on the fence/energiser. If the fence is too long, hitting too many weeds, or not properly hooked up it won't put out proper. Some need a 6 foot rod in the ground for the ground. Using the testers is good to see if it works but it's only good to see if the fence is on and working. If you want to know for sure if the fence is putting out enough go out in bare feet and grab the fence. That's what an animal will feel touching it. If it didn't feel like you just got punched in the chest something is wrong with the setup. Yes it seems a bit crazy and if the fence works properly it should hurt A LOT! But that's the only way I found to tell for 100% certain that the fence works like it should

 

[Willowspirit]

Nope. Two totally different things.
I don't have any experience with the netting. A true electric fence is customizable from the grounding, spacing between lines, the type of fence you use (wire or poly tape), connections and you can make it as tall or short as you want. A "netting" system is usually 36 or 48 inches tall, comes as one unit you pop up and plug into a charger. They're mobile.

Got it. We are reconstituting the electric fencing around some pasture and planned to put the same fence (tape) around our chicken run. My horses certainly understand electricity. They can hear the hum in wire and won't go anywhere near!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Sounds like you might need a stronger energiser. I also have premier one poultry net and it works wonders. I have the intellishock 60 solar which worked wonderful. But I bought more fence so I upgraded to a plug in kube 4000. Coyotes and foxes are always in my yard trying to get in, they won't get within 6 feet of the fence after touching it the first night (and running away yipeing) The kube puts out a pretty serious shock. Not to get too graphic but after they show up the first night I have to get rid of them for good just in case they figure out they can jump it. Yet to lose any chickens since I got the kube energiser.

I have the intelligence solar 60 and one section of fence.

 

[Raptorsgocluck]

I have the intelligence solar 60 and one section of fence.

That should be plenty strong enough to keep out any critter smaller than a bear. It's it old? Maybe the batteries don't hold much of a charge any more? I accidentally touched my fence barefoot with my intellishock 60 hooked up and I had to sit down to recover from it hurting so bad. My pit mix (who isn't afraid of anything and I never heard yelped from pain before) got out and tried to attack the chickens. Hit the net and the Poor dog screamed like I never heard before and for about a month wouldn't even look at the fence. Now a year later he still won't get within 6 or so feet of it. Once and a while coyotes hit mine and after running away usually never came back again. I would check to see if your batteries are holding good charge, the ground is in a good location and in properly, and the fence isn't shorting out constantly sparking on lots of weeds and grass. It seems silly about making sure the ground is in right but it's probably the most important part of the system. It could be putting out full power when u test it but if there is a weak ground connection than none of that voltage will be able to travel through a critter touching it, and into the ground. It's also why if you touch it with shoes on u just feel a little zap but take your shoes off and it will almost knock you over. If that makes any sense.

 

[GtheCajun]

I installed one thinking a small charger would be okay. I wish now that I would have paid a little more and got a better one.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I took it up, mowed under it. Made sure no sticks or zapping sounds. It's only about a month or so old. Here is what it looked like after the goose incident. I put 5 more posts in after that so it wasn't as saggy after the drake was eaten. It has a good ground. It's where the moisture from dew comes off the roof so it's not dry.

 

[Molpet]

I had an issue when it was closer than 2 " to a t post.. was shorting out on the metal.. I thought since it wasn't touching it was ok. moved it away from the t post and it started working