How to keep chickens from climbing thru fence?

[Chunterathome]

Our chickens keep climbing thru our picket fence. How much poultry netting should I use? For ex, if the poultry netting starts at ground level, what height should be sufficient to keep the chickens in? Three feet?

 

[baileybrood]

Well from my very recent experience, 3 ft is no where near tall enough. I started out with a 4 foot fence and they were over that in no time flat! We spent today raising our fence to 6 feet. That seems to be the magic number

 

[Hazard]

They would have a much harder time flying up and then trying to get through the picked fence. It's obviously easy to just wal through, but to fly and then try to get through.....I dont think it would be to easy. 3' is probably enough.

 

[Chunterathome]

Thanks everyone!!