- Mar 13, 2011
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Hi all,
How do you keep chickens in electroweb fencing? We are building a barn and our goats are in an electroweb fence with their little "temporary" barn and the chickens are in "Chicken Fort Knox" across the yard. Our intention is to pasture the two groups together once the barn is completed..with seperate living quarters that is
The other day I decided to start getting them used to each other. There is a small dog kennel in with the goats where the little whether gets put to eat so he can't steal the doe's food. I put two of the chickens in that area so they could all see each other. My (human) kids took the goats out to play. As it got to dusk the remaining 3 chickens started calling Callie and Lily and telling them it was time for bed. I picked up Callie and carried her across the yard and called Lilly to follow me. She started out of the dog kennel, towards the electroweb fence instead of toward the gate. I went back and called her toward the gate but she was pecking around and hit the fence. She squawked..and then tried to fly through the elecric fence..squawking all the time! Then she followed me into the coop none the worse for wear. I think it bothered me more then her! Is there anyway to keep them from trying to go through the fence? With the dogs and the goats we put leashes on them so we could make sure they ran FROM the fence and not THROUGH it. Obviously that won't work with chickens
Any thoughts...On the plus side, she went back in and layed a hard boiled egg..(Sorry I couldn't resist)>
How do you keep chickens in electroweb fencing? We are building a barn and our goats are in an electroweb fence with their little "temporary" barn and the chickens are in "Chicken Fort Knox" across the yard. Our intention is to pasture the two groups together once the barn is completed..with seperate living quarters that is


