Is a 3 foot high fence tall enough for bantams?

[Jmurcks]

Looking for options to put a fence around my coop... would 3 foot be tall enough to prevent them jumping/flying out?
They'll be cooped up at night so I am not particularly worried about predators.
This fence will also be inside my fenced in (chain link) yard.
Thanks! Jennifer

 

[ChickenToes]

I wouldn't think so. I don't have bantams, but a full sized chicken can clear a 6 foot fence, so I think a bantam could handle a 3 footer.

 

[The Chicken People]

My banty flies just as high as my Lakenvelders which are known to be flighty birds!

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Banties don't carry much weight, so they can FLYYYYYYY!

 

[Wildsky]

Bantams fly better than standards, by far.

One of my girls flies up to a shelf in the coop and spends her nights up there, it must be 6 foot off the ground!

 

[millie481]

I'd just put a flight net over it and call it a day!

 

[Matt A NC]

If talking silkies and most cochin bantams then 3 feet is enough. Clean legged bantams can hop over it very easily.

My mutt bantam lot has an 11 foot fence. 3 of them can still clear it. The bottom 6 feet is chicken wire and the upper 5 is deer netting. Come spring I am removing the netting and running a new batch across to put an actual top on it.

Matt

 

[Jmurcks]

I figured as much!
It would be for cochins and I actually found some 4 foot wire on TSC.com
but I am afraid that might be pushing it!

I am not so much worried about them running off as the chain link is 6 foot high but more or less
"mingling" together as I am wanting to keep them seperated for breeding purposes!
Thanks! Jennifer

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Bantams are far more aerodynamic than heavier standard breeds. Mine can get over a 6-foot fence. If you don't need to get in there keep it 3 feet high and put something on top.

 

[Jmurcks]

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I may have to do that!