Fence to keep chickens out of the garden.

[TheGeisers]

i need to put up a fence to keep the chickens out of the garden.....does anyone know if utility panels from TSC will keep them out?? the panels have 4 inch squares.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

If it's the panels I'm thinking of, it depends on your chickens breed. It'll keep a Buff Orpington rooster out, but won't keep a Pearl White Leghorn from squeezing through. If you already have the panels, net the bottom half, that should discourage them. If you have flightly chickens, they'll fly to the top, then down in. If you already have the panels up, netting poking out at the top should do the trick, or just clipping a wing of the flyers. You might not have any troubles with them flying over, but if one trys it and other chickens see them do that, they'll all follow shortly.

 

[TheGeisers]

If it's the panels I'm thinking of, it depends on your chickens breed. It'll keep a Buff Orpington rooster out, but won't keep a Pearl White Leghorn from squeezing through. If you already have the panels, net the bottom half, that should discourage them. If you have flightly chickens, they'll fly to the top, then down in. If you already have the panels up, netting poking out at the top should do the trick, or just clipping a wing of the flyers. You might not have any troubles with them flying over, but if one trys it and other chickens see them do that, they'll all follow shortly.

Thanks for the reply. I pretty much think the same, just getting feedback.

 

[CluckerFamily]

A cheaper idea may be to put some wood stakes or 2”x3” stakes and have bird netting around or over the stakes. Putting washers with fishline on the bottom of the netting helps to weight the netting down.
I have raised beds and I am planning on doing this this spring. It works great for the neighbors.
I can see it working for portions or the border of a larger garden.

 

[aart]

i need to put up a fence to keep the chickens out of the garden.....does anyone know if utility panels from TSC will keep them out?? the panels have 4 inch squares.

If they can't get thru the holes, they'll just go over the top.

 

[linguini]

We used metal studded t-post from TSC ( available from 4ft to 10 ft, we used 7 and 8 ft posts) easy to put into ground with a post driver pounder, and deer net to make a fenced-in area,
garden ground stakes from amazon for the edges. Overall worked quite well and easy to set up. We also covered the entire area with heavy duty bird net to keep the hawks out.

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[U_Stormcrow]

Adults, yes - unless they fly over. Generally, mine will not (unless panicked) fly over a 4' high fence, but if you add a lip, bar, or anything else at the top of the fence, they will happily fly up to it, land, look around, then hop in/out. Chicks and small birds will go right thru.

I use step in temporary fence posts and plastic netting to keep all my birds out of my gardens. Because there is no edge to land on, they don't just fly over. I should buy black or green construction fencing instead, most likely - its heavier duty and cheaper per foot of length, but I've not compared the tabs on the step in bars to the openings on the construction fencing. (Admittedly, there's some tug to getting the pet fencing to work well, too.)

 

[Curnow]

We used the panels and it did ok for most of the larger birds. But yes the smaller ones could go through if they chose to. We added the green plastic fencing to the panels...just fastened it with little zip ties. We have a 32 x 32 garden area so far with raised beds and Ruth Stout methods of gardening. It's new for us, but we're pleased. The green plastic stuff also kept the rabbits out! We free range and the chickens were able to help themselves to lower tomatoes in a large raised bed as well as fallen apples, mulberries, and whatever they foraged for. Of course, I did grow them cucumbers and gave them lots of Zucchini and Yellow Squash. They were let into the garden area for clean up and fun when the season ended.