New chicken owner with electric fence installation question

[Bullyshowgirl]

so with 164 feet of netting how many poles will i need?

 

[JackE]

I have Premier's electrified poultry net/fence. Have 650' of it, and it does not sag. I have the PermaNet. The fence posts are heavier, and closer together than Premier's lower cost netting. I had a 60' high tree blow down across this fence. After some chainsaw work, and removal of debris, the fence was stood back up, and put right back into business. It is a good product. Any ???s on what you need to set this fence up, call Premier, they have great customer service, and they can tell you everything you'll need to get going.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I have Premier's electrified poultry net/fence. Have 650' of it, and it does not sag. I have the PermaNet. The fence posts are heavier, and closer together than Premier's lower cost netting. I had a 60' high tree blow down across this fence. After some chainsaw work, and removal of debris, the fence was stood back up, and put right back into business. It is a good product. Any ???s on what you need to set this fence up, call Premier, they have great customer service, and they can tell you everything you'll need to get going.

Wow, that's pretty straight! How long have you had it? I see you have the corner posts supported, that helps a lot. I have heard the permanet is MUCH improved over some of the older versions. We also have the Premier sheep fencing, and after about 3 years in the sun the posts started snapping off at the base. I haven't had any posts break on my poultry fence yet, but I've only had it for a couple years, so we'll see how it holds up. I have to say I prefer the fiberglass posts though, even if they aren't as thick. We have some small fiberglass posts that are almost ten years old, and have been run over by an ATV, and are still going strong. Yes, one thing I love about Premier is the customer service.

so with 164 feet of netting how many poles will i need?

The fence comes with posts already installed, so all you will have to do is set it up.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I realize this is an old thread, but I have a related question - has anyone tried the Kencove "pos/neg" fencing, for areas with trouble grounding? As I understand it, the wires alternate as Positive/ground/positive/ground, etc. and the predator completes the circuit when touching two of the wires. Things get VERY dry here, and I was thinking this might be good, but I was trying to wrap my head around whether there was a downside.

- Ant Farm

 

[wamtazlady]

Electric netting will keep chickens in but it won't slow down a bear.

I've watched a You Tube video that says it'll stop a bear. They surrounded food with the electric netting. The bear wanted the food but didn't want to get zapped.

 

[salsss]

I've been looking into netting...just wanted to surround my small coop with it. They only seem to sell long lengths...so I went to wire.

 

[Fat Tony]

I am doing the same for my chickens, but my girlfriend's father already has a large enclosure for her horses at their place. We live in black bear country here in Wisconsin, and generally you need to look at the joule rating. I am planning a 2 to 3 joule fencer as anything less the bears have been known to get through. Also look at the pulse rate as once their head is through the fence, if it zaps them they will keep going forward through it.

Also, you need to "train" the bears. Once up, hang bacon on the charged filaments. When they sniff at it the bacon they get a zap in the nose and learn to associate the fence with the shock.

 

[claud]

I have the Premier1 plus poultry netting. Does anyone know if I can connect my solar energizer to any other part of the fence besides the ends where the clips are? One end of the fence is in heavy shade and the other is where I cannot put in a ground rod.