We’re talking about pulse, joules, volts, amps, and ohms, as well as energizers, conductors, and insulators. He talks about everything you need to know to get your fencing right - the first time. I’ve been using it since at least 2004 or so.
In this episode, I’m talking to Joe Putnam of Premier 1 Supplies, the company that makes my favorite brand of electric fencing. Ultimately we realized that woven wire would work best for a perimeter fence, and then we could sub-divide pastures with electric netting. We tried moving the wires closer together, but that didn’t stop them. The goats had learned that they would just get a little shock as they slipped between the wires that had been placed a foot apart. Unfortunately, by the time we realized that horse fencing didn’t work for goats, it was too late. Any animal is hard to keep fenced in if you use the wrong kind of fencing. When people say that goats are hard to keep fenced in, that’s because they’re not using the right kind of fencing. But we quickly learned that horses and goats have very different needs in terms of fencing! That sounded like it would be more than enough for our little pasture. I just went to the local farm store and bought a charger that said it would electrify up to 10 miles of fencing. When we brought home our first goats, we thought that the existing single-wire electric fencing that had been installed for the former horse farm would be fine for our goats. One of the first things I learned about goats was that they were too smart for me to use a sub-standard fencing option. Electric netting does sound like your best solution but the mesh needs to be small enough to contain chickens.If you own goats, you only get one chance to get fencing right.
Electric netting does sound like your best solution but the mesh needs to be small enough to contain chickens. But cloth or plastic netting without electricity isn’t going to be much of a deterrent to your dog or many other predators. That’s another challenge you will face though cloth or plastic netting is a lot easier to work with than metal mesh fencing.
Uneven ground is not kind to any kind of mesh fencing. If I spread it out enough and flatten the corners they generally don’t get caught against the netting. I’ve learned to not make my corners real sharp and to not make long narrow corridors. He goes vertical to get away and winds up on the wrong side of the netting. The only time mine get out is when a cockerel is losing a fight with another cockerel and gets trapped against the netting. It’s not a matter of CAN they fly over it, it’s a case of WILL they. Some people use 36” high (1 meter) wire mesh fencing and keep chickens contained. My chickens can easily fly over it but they generally don’t. I use 48” high (1.3 meters) electric netting. Until my chicks are around 8 weeks old, they can and often do walk through my chicken netting. If they touch it with their combs or wattles they will get shocked but their feathers insulate them. I agree, the chickens will walk right through that netting. They may have some ideas and know what is available. I think I’d chat with the Norwegian Department of Agriculture or whatever you call it. Or, if anyone here happens to know of a place to get this stuff in Norway, that would be even better Would that work for chickens? Would they fly over it or get through it or would there be some other issue I haven't thought of yet? Here is a link with a picture of what we can find in our farm supply store: However, lots of people here have sheep and use this mobile electric netting for them.
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I know electric poultry netting exists, but I haven't been able to find any here, and it can be very expensive to order stuff online from other countries.Īs far as I know, most people who have backyard chickens here either straight free range them or keep them enclosed in a coop/run at all times, or some combination of the two. The problem is, we live in Norway and the market is small here compared to the states, so sometimes random things like backyard chicken supplies can be hard to find. We have a hilly, uneven landscape and I want to be able to adjust the size and shape of the enclosure (eg, can put it in a wide open area or just in a part of the garden etc.), so a lightweight fence that's easy to shape and move around seems to me like a great solution. I also want to use the chickens to keep some areas of the yard grazed down and use them at certain times in the garden etc. We are building a coop and fixed enclosure/run with it, but in addition to that we'd like the chickens to be able to go out into other places, but not completely free range since we have a very excitable puppy who likes to chase, and of course there are predators in the area.
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