TIL: Fence top roller bars - do they keep chickens in?

[BigBlueHen53]

Let us know how it works. I'd love to have a garden but my inly area has a 4-foot fence they can easily scale.

 

[NatJ]

I thought about that, but it’s hard to imagine a chicken flying to the wobbly fence top, and then clinging on while squeezing through the gap.

But these are chickens, so of course anything could happen.

Either the roller is just a little bit higher than the wobbly fence, so it is easy for the chicken to just fly over both.

Or the roller is quite a lot higher than the wobbly fence, so it is easy for the chicken to fly through the gap.

Either way, I just don't see it making much difference.

Of course it depends on the individual chicken, but since she is already so good at getting out, I think she will keep finding a way unless you completely cover the run. Unfortunately it sounds like covering the run may not be practical.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Either the roller is just a little bit higher than the wobbly fence, so it is easy for the chicken to just fly over both.

Or the roller is quite a lot higher than the wobbly fence, so it is easy for the chicken to fly through the gap.

Either way, I just don't see it making much difference.

Of course it depends on the individual chicken, but since she is already so good at getting out, I think she will keep finding a way unless you completely cover the run. Unfortunately it sounds like covering the run may not be practical.

It’s a movable yard-ranging area, rather than their actual run, but yes, I’m beginning to agree.

We had aerial netting over this particular area and let it slide with the fencing changes, but I think it’s time to bring it back. (There’s a lot of natural cover in the form of rhododendrons and azaleas.)