Got the Fence Up

[3KillerBs]

Sort of.

In our initial wrestling with the electric poultry net this morning the poultry net won -- aided by it's ally, the steamy heat of midday.

Tonight, hurrying in the face of an oncoming storm because we thought we'd rather wrestle the net in the wind and the first few drops of rain than wrestle sopping-wet net afterward, we got it all standing and placed so that it actually reaches the initial post.

The charger does not yet have the ground in place and it's not yet attached. We also intend to get some foam pipe insulation to put on the legs of the canopy so that the net blowing against them can't short the fence out.

I guess that you get in and out to attend to the chickens by turning off the charger, unclipping the ends, untying the final post from the corner post, and moving it?

I suppose that to cover potential liability we should get a second electric fence sign to put on the other side for when we have builders on site placing our house.

 

[Tamdog]

I could make sure to put a sign on all the sides of the fence. Good luck - it was hot today. We missed the rain in my area- got cloudy and thundered though.

 

[aart]

I guess that you get in and out to attend to the chickens by turning off the charger, unclipping the ends, untying the final post from the corner post, and moving it?

I think there are ways to set up a gate for egress without turning off power.
Maybe check the manufacturers website?

 

[3KillerBs]

I think there are ways to set up a gate for egress without turning off power.
Maybe check the manufacturers website?

There are some gates made. Fairly pricey though.

 

[aart]

There are some gates made. Fairly pricey though.

Not sure if you could DIY something.
@Howard E would know.

 

[3KillerBs]

Not sure if you could DIY something.
@Howard E would know.

This is our first venture into electric so we have no experience with anything yet. That's why we paid a little more to get one of Premier1's kits instead of buying things separately.

 

[aart]

This is our first venture into electric so we have no experience with anything yet.

Have never had it, so no first hand experience and understand very little about it.