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@Kris5902 thats an awesome laying hen tractor!!! Wow!

I’ve posted some questions to poultry netting on amazon and several people say that use it effectively to surround tractors. Maybe I’ll have to move it less if I use the netting to allow them to range out of the tractor in the day, but stay close to their shelter.
 
DobieLover said:
Absolutely! I have my flock contained within a very large area using poultry netting. Don't cheap out on the charger and make sure you use a ground rod to ground it correctly. I use a 10,000 volt, 1.2 Joule output charger and that gives quite the mule kick if you touch it. Makes you say naughty things multiple times too!



What kind of gnarly groundhogs do you have out your way? All the ones in my neck of the woods would never dream of going after anything bigger than a grub.
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Don't under estimate a groundhog.......
 
robson1015 said:
I've seen a groundhog kill a Doberman....punctured it's jugular with it's front teeth.
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I've seen my Dobermans play tug-o-war with groundhogs. It's not pretty.
My first two ladies killed 54 groundhogs in one summer! They had a grand time.
I've been dealing with 'woodchucks' for 2 1/2 decades. Yes, they can inflict damage if they get lucky. I still do not consider them a threat to chickens.
 
“And coming up next on Backyard Chickens.... ‘When Groundhogs Attack!’ What to do to protect yourself and family, your flock, and your defenseless large breed dogs from this vicious predator!”

I can totally see them tunneling under for feed though and an opportunistic raccoon looking at the tunnel and going “gee that was nice, now I don’t even have to work for my meal... honey we’re having chicken heads for dinner, there was an awesome sale on ‘em so I picked up two”
 
Kris5902 said:
“And coming up next on Backyard Chickens.... ‘When Groundhogs Attack!’ What to do to protect yourself and family, your flock, and your defenseless large breed dogs from this vicious predator!”

I can totally see them tunneling under for feed though and an opportunistic raccoon looking at the tunnel and going “gee that was nice, now I don’t even have to work for my meal... honey we’re having chicken heads for dinner, there was an awesome sale on ‘em so I picked up two”
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