The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[aoxa]

Yes. ANYONE who has ANY kind of electric fence must know that is a risk.

The energizers "pulse" in an "on-off" pulse and usually when the fence is touched the immediate response is to pull back. If you are a baby crawling...well... I'd hope that folks with electric fencing on their lots would monitor their children and visitors.

ALL ELECTRIC FENCES SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH SIGNAGE STATING IT'S ELECTRIC.

My electronets have signs on them about every 6 feet stating CAUTION! ELECTRIC FENCING.

I only know one person in person who uses electric fencing, and he has it off most of the time.

Would/could these shocks kill animals that come into contact? If it can kill humans.. That's scary.

 

[aoxa]

Good morning everyone!
I see we have new posters! Welcome to the group and keep posting!
Have fun in Hawaii !!
When you guys get back you will have tons of reading to do.

Maybe we should do a spring hatch lesson..so many chickens will be going into broody mood..maybe we can start off

To brood or not to brood
How to break a broody hen

Yep. I'd like that as well.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Would/could these shocks kill animals that come into contact? If it can kill humans.. That's scary.

The only way an animal will be killed is if they become entangled in such a way that they cannot remove themselves from the fence.

The premise on which ALL electric fences are made is that an animal - which leads with the nose, contacts the fence with the nose, receives the pulse, then jumps back.

Remember - these are NOT CONTINUAL ELECTRIC.... they are a pulse... on/off on/off. You could not use continual safely. The On/Off gives enough jolt to cause whatever comes in contact to jump back - like when you receive any kind of shock - you instinctively pull back...and you likely won't touch it again.


There are plenty of stories of folks finding small animals trying to go through electric fences that get caught and can't get off because they tried to go through the mesh without first contacting the fence with the "leading nose". Often they are snakes slithering through and get caught.

 

[Leahs Mom]

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[Charlieandlola]

I only know one person in person who uses electric fencing, and he has it off most of the time.

Would/could these shocks kill animals that come into contact? If it can kill humans.. That's scary.

I had a chicken get stuck in my poultry net when it was on. She didn't die and wasn't harmed. It was probably at 2000volts when this occured.

 

[Leahs Mom]

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/bear/fencing.pdf

It's the same principle used on your underground electric fences or wireless fences. They get a shock and learn not to go there again.

There are also lots of tutorials on how to train YOUR animals to the fences so they learn not to go near them.

 

[delisha]

The Shipped Silkie eggs are attaching air cells.

I think half are good. I am so relieved. The other half should attach today. I will be turning them on tomorrow. Now fertility is the next hurdle. I cracked open the two cracked eggs and one was and one was not. I hope that is the only *not* one.

 

[Leahs Mom]

The Shipped Silkie eggs are attaching air cells.

I think half are good. I am so relieved. The other half should attach today. I will be turning them on tomorrow. Now fertility is the next hurdle. I cracked open the two cracked eggs and one was and one was not. I hope that is the only *not* one.

YAY!

Can you comment on "eggs are attaching air cells"....

How can a person know this is happening? How can a person facilitate it?

 

[aoxa]

The only way an animal will be killed is if they become entangled in such a way that they cannot remove themselves from the fence.

The premise on which ALL electric fences are made is that an animal - which leads with the nose, contacts the fence with the nose, receives the pulse, then jumps back.

Remember - these are NOT CONTINUAL ELECTRIC.... they are a pulse... on/off on/off. You could not use continual safely. The On/Off gives enough jolt to cause whatever comes in contact to jump back - like when you receive any kind of shock - you instinctively pull back...and you likely won't touch it again.


There are plenty of stories of folks finding small animals trying to go through electric fences that get caught and can't get off because they tried to go through the mesh without first contacting the fence with the "leading nose". Often they are snakes slithering through and get caught.

Now I'm rethinking.. Can you put it at a lower setting?

 

[aoxa]

The Shipped Silkie eggs are attaching air cells.

I think half are good. I am so relieved. The other half should attach today. I will be turning them on tomorrow. Now fertility is the next hurdle. I cracked open the two cracked eggs and one was and one was not. I hope that is the only *not* one.

You broke open catdance eggs?!

Crazy woman! Lol

Tell me you at least did it to the ones marked X?