Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. 
I know this is not meat bird related but thought I would share.
I have always used poultry netting for my goats that I raise. But this year I have been fixing most of my nets that are 2 - 4 years old. Mice eating them, snags and tangling tears, new posts, etc. Plus on occasion I will come back to the field only to see a goat tangled in the mess for god knows how long.
So I stumbled across the Gallagher SmartFence
http://www.gallagherusa.com/smartfence/in-action.aspx
All I can say is this fencing system is awesome and had it up in pasture in 80 x 80 paddock size in under 4 minutes plugged in an ready to go. Took the goats one zap and they kept their distance almost instantly.
Fence was a local implement store for $259 and I had an extra .25 joule solar charger. Accroding to specs the solar charger could run about 10 miles of this fencing.
I have always used poultry netting for my goats that I raise. But this year I have been fixing most of my nets that are 2 - 4 years old. Mice eating them, snags and tangling tears, new posts, etc. Plus on occasion I will come back to the field only to see a goat tangled in the mess for god knows how long.
So I stumbled across the Gallagher SmartFence
http://www.gallagherusa.com/smartfence/in-action.aspx
All I can say is this fencing system is awesome and had it up in pasture in 80 x 80 paddock size in under 4 minutes plugged in an ready to go. Took the goats one zap and they kept their distance almost instantly.
Fence was a local implement store for $259 and I had an extra .25 joule solar charger. Accroding to specs the solar charger could run about 10 miles of this fencing.
