What is the best chicken tractor for 4-6 chickens

[JessesChickens101]

It can be foxes (a vixen and her cubs?). I live in the city (suburbs) and we have no dingos. But we have foxes living in suburbia. Mainly in bush land areas (parks). They dig under the perimeter fence. Same thing happened to us. Just feathers left. No carcass. We left our chickens to free range in the garden whilst were away. All 4 bantams were taken in the one day. Now we only free range them when we are home. Otherwise they are secured in a run with a hardwire skirt around it. Take a look at this site. He has a lot of good ideas. And I think he’s situated in the part of Australia that you are in so it would be helpful to take a look his his set up to get ideas.

https://selfsufficientme.com/poultr...d-chicken-pen-is-needed-to-keep-out-predators

Thankyou So much, i will check him out, ive watched a few of his videos

 

[feliciadawn]

I use materials from Premier 1... their polywire and energizers are all good -- just make sure the energizer is powerful enough. I think you will need to see what is for sale in Australia. I have a Speedrite 1000 if that is a help... It delivers a substantial shock in my set up -- but my perimeter isn't that large, perhaps 800 linear feet. If you have a larger perimeter I would get a speedrite 2000 or even higher. You should assume at least two rotations around your perimeter unless you have a fence that can't be dug under. I have my metal fencing serve as part of the ground, so if an animal touches both the metal fencing and the electric wire, they get a big shock -- I know because I have done this accidentally. You can get any good polywire -- I got intellibraid twine PE 3.0. Thicker is slightly better, so next time I will probably splurge and get a thicker one.

https://www.premier1supplies.com/li...ies_id=ALL&search_cat_id=&criteria=energizers

 

[JessesChickens101]

I use materials from Premier 1... their polywire and energizers are all good -- just make sure the energizer is powerful enough. I think you will need to see what is for sale in Australia. I have a Speedrite 1000 if that is a help... It delivers a substantial shock in my set up -- but my perimeter isn't that large, perhaps 800 linear feet. If you have a larger perimeter I would get a speedrite 2000 or even higher. You should assume at least two rotations around your perimeter unless you have a fence that can't be dug under. I have my metal fencing serve as part of the ground, so if an animal touches both the metal fencing and the electric wire, they get a big shock -- I know because I have done this accidentally. You can get any good polywire -- I got intellibraid twine PE 3.0. Thicker is slightly better, so next time I will probably splurge and get a thicker one.

https://www.premier1supplies.com/li...ies_id=ALL&search_cat_id=&criteria=energizers

Thankyou so much you have been a big help! Im going to look into it now.