We have white tailed deer here like NYC has pigeons. This year my efforts to keep them out of my gardens has come to a head.... also, we have new peachicks.
So I need to brainstorm a fencing project to keep the deer out, and at the same time attempt to keep the peafowl in, so I need some real owner examples and data.
Some of my yard has 6' stockade fence. I have seen deer, with difficulty, jump it. I think 3 feet of box wire along the top would stop them. The rest of my yards are all surrounded by either a light weight 4ft welded wire (2"x4" box) or 5ft no climb horse n goat box wire fence. (we had goats, and some horses, now we have 2 cows and a flock of muscoveys).
From reading posts here I can see that a fully winged peacock can fly well enough to go anywhere it pleases. i had one fly in here years ago, and it left a week later but I know how they fly. Our Muscoveys generally do not fly off the property, except for the occasional hen who flies out, but to keep them safe in the fenced yards, I clip the wing of those. Most of them just fly up on top of stuff, roofs and whatnot, and don't leave. Another reason they have to be contained is they will go off and make a nest and keep coming back to eat, then out of nowhere one day ya got 20 more ducks waddling back to the gate for dinner.... the males are all too fat to fly much at all. Even clipped, the hens can fly up about 4 feet onto stuff. They learn what they cant do and give up any heroic efforts to get out. they are pretty easy to please.
Deer and ducks out of the way, lets talk peacocks....
If a full sized peacock/hen has a wing properly clipped, how high can it realistically jump fly up? If I make the deer fence that high, I've solved several problems. I know for the deer its going to have to be an 8ft min. will the peacocks be able to jump that?
I'm kinda factoring in their territorial nature, and the fact they are being hand raised from a week old to mentally anchor them here. The ducks are similar in nature, they are a semi domesticated breed, who will pretty much stay where they are fed every day. Fortunately over the years, by accident they are addicted to cat food so... I'm like their drug dealer. I call the cats "kitty kitty kitty" and a dozen hens come out of nowhere.
So, actually putting up the right fence will be a simple matter of adding a run of it on top of all the existing wire, which I had planned to do anyway peacocks or not. My question is basically, how high....
A lot of type for the question "how high" but hey... sometimes context matters right?
So I need to brainstorm a fencing project to keep the deer out, and at the same time attempt to keep the peafowl in, so I need some real owner examples and data.
Some of my yard has 6' stockade fence. I have seen deer, with difficulty, jump it. I think 3 feet of box wire along the top would stop them. The rest of my yards are all surrounded by either a light weight 4ft welded wire (2"x4" box) or 5ft no climb horse n goat box wire fence. (we had goats, and some horses, now we have 2 cows and a flock of muscoveys).
From reading posts here I can see that a fully winged peacock can fly well enough to go anywhere it pleases. i had one fly in here years ago, and it left a week later but I know how they fly. Our Muscoveys generally do not fly off the property, except for the occasional hen who flies out, but to keep them safe in the fenced yards, I clip the wing of those. Most of them just fly up on top of stuff, roofs and whatnot, and don't leave. Another reason they have to be contained is they will go off and make a nest and keep coming back to eat, then out of nowhere one day ya got 20 more ducks waddling back to the gate for dinner.... the males are all too fat to fly much at all. Even clipped, the hens can fly up about 4 feet onto stuff. They learn what they cant do and give up any heroic efforts to get out. they are pretty easy to please.
Deer and ducks out of the way, lets talk peacocks....
If a full sized peacock/hen has a wing properly clipped, how high can it realistically jump fly up? If I make the deer fence that high, I've solved several problems. I know for the deer its going to have to be an 8ft min. will the peacocks be able to jump that?
I'm kinda factoring in their territorial nature, and the fact they are being hand raised from a week old to mentally anchor them here. The ducks are similar in nature, they are a semi domesticated breed, who will pretty much stay where they are fed every day. Fortunately over the years, by accident they are addicted to cat food so... I'm like their drug dealer. I call the cats "kitty kitty kitty" and a dozen hens come out of nowhere.
So, actually putting up the right fence will be a simple matter of adding a run of it on top of all the existing wire, which I had planned to do anyway peacocks or not. My question is basically, how high....
A lot of type for the question "how high" but hey... sometimes context matters right?
