Roosting to high.

[Lazy Farmer]

Not true, and I'm not really sure why people think this...

Do they not roost in trees where the wind blows and the branches sway?

Some may be more reluctant than others... but I have watched plenty land on the top of flimsy hardware cloth enclosure or other loose fencing and just sit there with it swaying.

My son and his GF just love to come over and let a chicken get on there arm, where they then make their arms flap up and down just to see how long the chicken will stay on!

I know all birds are individuals though... so it may be worth a try. Doesn't work at my house.

I am not home right now and on a mobile but I will remind myself to post photos of what we have done with our run to keep the birds from perching on the fence as well as clearing the fence. That along with regular Wing clipping on the lighter Birds. No birds have ever escaped Our Stalag 13 LOL. Without the assistance of a Raptor.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I am not home right now and on a mobile but I will remind myself to post photos of what we have done with our run to keep the birds from perching on the fence as well as clearing the fence. That along with regular Wing clipping on the lighter Birds. No birds have ever escaped Our Stalag 13 LOL. Without the assistance of a Raptor.

I totally believe you! Just sharing that it hasn't quite worked for me.

Still, look forward to seeing your craftiness!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I totally believe you! Just sharing that it hasn't quite worked for me.

Still, look forward to seeing your craftiness!

I am a firm believer in Every Picture Tells a Story so when I get home a little later I'll take some fresh photos because the system has been altered in the last few months I'm just a way right now killing time with my cell phone while I'm in a waiting room talk to you later.

 

[Mark Cavalli]

OK thank you for all your help it was well needed. Today I will take them out of the cage and clip one wing on each bird. Leave them in the cage for another week and then let them out with my other girls and see what happens. I can handle them chasing one another I know that is normal and there is going to be some packing. But most of all I don't want them roosting where I cannot get to them and predators can I won't have it. Again thank you I do appreciate it.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Yes they are New to the flock I do have a coop for them to roost in it's the new chickens that are flying up high to roost at night. I have a lot of predators where I live I would like them to stay in the chicken area my other chickens go in the coop at night to roost and I lock them in. The new Hens Fly very well so I think I need to clip their wings so they will learn to follow the other flock into the Coop for the night.

If you new chicken keepers will just take the time to sit quietly for a few days an hour or so before dark and watch your flock put itself to bed you'll understand more about the pecking order. The pecking order is a whole lot like a bunch of teenage girls and boys who put a whole lot of stock in who sits at which school lunch room table as well as who gets to hobnob and socialize with whom. With younger new hens you very well may have to superglue their toes around the roost pole to keep them roosting with the rest of your flock. With time, age, and maturity (aren't time, age, and maturity all one and the same) your younger hens will come into their majority and then it will be their turn to "RULE THE ROOST" so to speak.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

... Today I will take them out of the cage and clip one wing on each bird. Leave them in the cage for another week and then let them out with my other girls and see what happens. I can handle them chasing one another I know that is normal and there is going to be some packing. But most of all I don't want them roosting where I cannot get to them and predators can I won't have it. Again thank you I do appreciate it.

Clipping their wing will likely only result in your young hens sleeping on the ground in an amongst all those predators that you are worried about.

 

[Mark Cavalli]

Thank you all for your help I do appreciate it clipping their wings was a great idea so far the roosting in the coop and all seems to be fine at this time. Again thanks for all your help.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I totally believe you! Just sharing that it hasn't quite worked for me.

Still, look forward to seeing your craftiness!

The run is constructed out of a 4 ft tall welded wire fence. There are also rebar rods sticking above the fence which have wires attached to them. 3 wires, two hot wires one ground wire. When the chickens fly up and try to perch up on the wire they land on the hot wire which intern sags to the ground wire and gives them a 2000 volts incentive not to perch on the fence anymore. Most of my chickens are large chickens and they are not flight-Birds however my leghorns are like seagulls. The leghorns get their wings clipped regularly.not very many birds can actually clear the 6-foot jump.
The setup is known in the farm community as a psychological barrier. Once the animal realizes that the barrier is unpleasant, future attempts will have resisted the urge to experience the results from previous experiences.
Once the birds are trained, there is no need to keep the hot box plugged in and we have gone months at a time without having the wire charged. Only recently we plugged it back in after introducing numerous new Birds to our flock.

EDITED at 2:21 pm to change the amount of wires. From 4 to 3 wires..

 

[EggSighted4Life]

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The run is constructed out of a 4 ft tall welded wire fence. There are also rebar rods sticking above the fence which have wires attached to them. Four wires, two hot wires two ground wires. When the chickens fly up and try to perch up on the wire they land on the hot wire which intern sags to the ground wire and gives them a 2000 volts incentive not to perch on the fence anymore. Most of my chickens are large chickens and they are not flight-Birds however my leghorns are like seagulls. The leghorns get their wings clipped regularly.not very many birds can actually clear the 6-foot jump.
The setup is known in the farm community as a psychological barrier. Once the animal realizes that the barrier is unpleasant, future attempts will have resisted the urge to experience the results from previous experiences.
Once the birds are trained, there is no need to keep the hot box plugged in and we have gone months at a time without having the wire charged. Only recently we plugged it back in after introducing numerous new Birds to our flock.

Yes, my set up for my boys is essentially the same except I am counting on my fence to be the ground when the wire sags down.

But I have a lower strand also since my interior fencing is stockyard with 4 inch openings at the bottom, which a determined bird can easily squeeze through. Once they meet that wire they tend to avoid the fence all together, including the top.

If they are scared enough they will hit the wire instead of facing me or another rooster. Like you say it is Psychological. But very effective still most of the time.

Oh, my hubby informed me yesterday that the fence got him when he was giving snacks to the boys! And he will be more careful in the future.

Also, my experience with wing clipping was that it did NOT have to be done every year after molt because they already got used to not making it over.

 

[Mark Cavalli]

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The run is constructed out of a 4 ft tall welded wire fence. There are also rebar rods sticking above the fence which have wires attached to them. Four wires, two hot wires two ground wires. When the chickens fly up and try to perch up on the wire they land on the hot wire which intern sags to the ground wire and gives them a 2000 volts incentive not to perch on the fence anymore. Most of my chickens are large chickens and they are not flight-Birds however my leghorns are like seagulls. The leghorns get their wings clipped regularly.not very many birds can actually clear the 6-foot jump.
The setup is known in the farm community as a psychological barrier. Once the animal realizes that the barrier is unpleasant, future attempts will have resisted the urge to experience the results from previous experiences.
Once the birds are trained, there is no need to keep the hot box plugged in and we have gone months at a time without having the wire charged. Only recently we plugged it back in after introducing numerous new Birds to our flock.

What a great looking pin and what a great idea for the hot wire your area is a lot larger than mine my coupe is maybe a quarter of yours LOL I have only five and I had to get rid of two of them because they were roosters and I did not want no roosters. I ended up rescuing two hens so now I am trying to introduce them to my three hens . And they are not really liking them new hens. But like I said I clip their wings and that helped keep them in the pen area. But you do have a beautiful area for your chickens good job. And I want to say you all have been very helpful for me.