Has anyone used robe to keep chickens from flying over fence?

[cjpines]

We put up white rope above the fence to keep the deer out of the property and it works. Wondering if we did this for the chicken run if it would keep them from flying over?

Has anyone tried white rope or anything else?

 

[iwiw60]

I'm assuming then that there is no roof on your run? I don't know about using that rope...you might be running the risk of one of them getting tangled in it and killing themselves.

Why not clip one of their wings? That would help a LOT.

 

[cjpines]

I'm assuming then that there is no roof on your run? I don't know about using that rope...you might be running the risk of one of them getting tangled in it and killing themselves.

Why not clip one of their wings? That would help a LOT.

No, I'm not experienced in clipping. There is no roof. I would love to cover the roof, it sure would keep us from worry.

 

[iwiw60]

It's really easy to do...just have someone holding your bird(s) ... here's a video on just how easy it is!

 

[batta]

While the girls were still too young to be out on their own, but old enough to fly over the 6' fence of their yard, I strung some 3/16" nylon rope across the top of my chicken yard and then tied lengths of flag tape from the rope. That seemed to give them the illusion of a much more solid overhead than it actually was, and as the flag tapes would flutter in even a slight breeze I think it made it difficult for them to judge where they might safely fly out. That ended my problem of escapees.

 

[cjpines]

While the girls were still too young to be out on their own, but old enough to fly over the 6' fence of their yard, I strung some 3/16" nylon rope across the top of my chicken yard and then tied lengths of flag tape from the rope. That seemed to give them the illusion of a much more solid overhead than it actually was, and as the flag tapes would flutter in even a slight breeze I think it made it difficult for them to judge where they might safely fly out. That ended my problem of escapees.

What is flag tape? Where do you get it?

 

[cjpines]

It's really easy to do...just have someone holding your bird(s) ... here's a video on just how easy it is!

 

[cjpines]

While the girls were still too young to be out on their own, but old enough to fly over the 6' fence of their yard, I strung some 3/16" nylon rope across the top of my chicken yard and then tied lengths of flag tape from the rope. That seemed to give them the illusion of a much more solid overhead than it actually was, and as the flag tapes would flutter in even a slight breeze I think it made it difficult for them to judge where they might safely fly out. That ended my problem of escapees.

Okay, I found flag tape on Home Depot, Thank you will get.

 

[aart]

The rope alone might do the trick, I would be curious to know if it does.
Sometimes they like to fly up and land on top of fence, then go over...... if that's the case the rope or a floppy section of fence they don't feel secure landing on might do the trick.

Clipping wings on can be detrimental to other needs and doesn't always keep them from flying out of a fence.
How high and what material of construction is your fence?
Have they flown out already?

 

[cjpines]

The rope alone might do the trick, I would be curious to know if it does.
Sometimes they like to fly up and land on top of fence, then go over...... if that's the case the rope or a floppy section of fence they don't feel secure landing on might do the trick.

Clipping wings on can be detrimental to other needs and doesn't always keep them from flying out of a fence.
How high and what material of construction is your fence?
Have they flown out already?

We have a 6 ft chicken wire fence. With the rope it's 7 ft. We've only had one chicken fly onto the 6 ft fence, but not over because we caught her and she flew back into the yard. The rope seems to be working, it's a white rope. Someone said they put flag tape on the rope and it works, but we don't want to look at red tape.

We don't want to do the clipping.