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  • How high? - Fence

    Just a quicky, we have got to create a new living area for our chooks.

    At the moment they have discovered the fence at the bottom of the garden has bent (old fasioned chain wire fence approx 3 foot high) so the little wotsits have been having to odd adventure!

    We need to re-do the fencing but I am wondering what height to make the fencing that would suitable contain them but without being silly high.

    Thanks
    Little ol' me

    Has just bagged a Lottie!
    Oh and the chickens are taking over my garden!
    FIL and MIL - http://vegblogs.co.uk/chubbly/

  • #2
    Sometimes just adding a bit of mesh to the top helps. They tend to jump over by perching on top for a short while and if they can't perch or can't judge the height because it's hard to see, then they'll say in.

    A solid fence probably needs to be about 6 ft?
    Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

    www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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    • #3
      If the top of the fence is a bit wobbly that;s supposed to stop them escaping as they jumo/fly onto the top rather than all the way over and if they can't grip onto the top they can't get over (does that make sense??)
      4-5 ft seems to work for me but I do clip wings on any birds that are more adventurous than others...

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      • #4
        4 feet should keep them in with their wings clipped. This height is keeping my banties in at the moment and they are known escape artists!

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        • #5
          I do have to clip their wings again I think.

          Thank you. I had never thought of the wobble on top.

          Ca-ching..... I have an Idea.... stand back.....it doesnt happen often!
          Little ol' me

          Has just bagged a Lottie!
          Oh and the chickens are taking over my garden!
          FIL and MIL - http://vegblogs.co.uk/chubbly/

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          • #6
            Well don't leave us in suspence! Come on spill the beans!

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            • #7
              Well.... we cant really afford elaborate fencing so.... what about some pea netting attached to higher posts above and secured to the old fence below?
              Last edited by Munch; 04-02-2011, 11:02 AM.
              Little ol' me

              Has just bagged a Lottie!
              Oh and the chickens are taking over my garden!
              FIL and MIL - http://vegblogs.co.uk/chubbly/

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              • #8
                Sounds like a plan, Munch! Remember to only clip one wing....
                All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                • #9
                  Thanks G4

                  Just laughed out loud at you location
                  Little ol' me

                  Has just bagged a Lottie!
                  Oh and the chickens are taking over my garden!
                  FIL and MIL - http://vegblogs.co.uk/chubbly/

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Munch View Post
                    Thanks G4

                    Just laughed out loud at you location
                    It was Zaz - she started it!
                    All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                    Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Munch View Post
                      Well.... we cant really afford elaborate fencing so.... what about some pea netting attached to higher posts above and secured to the old fence below?
                      I would be very careful with using pea netting - if they do try to fly up and land on it they can get tangled up. I used some on the top of a high fence to stop some turkeys a few years ago and it took some time to cut one free.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
                        I would be very careful with using pea netting - if they do try to fly up and land on it they can get tangled up. I used some on the top of a high fence to stop some turkeys a few years ago and it took some time to cut one free.
                        Depends what you mean by pea netting, I use the stiff stuff with the 2" squares that you can roll up when you've finished but you certainly can't fold up. It's what I grow my tall peas on. I have that at the top of the picket fence on their 'exercise area' and it's strong enough not to tangle with anyone but sufficiently unsteady looking that they don't try to perch on it.
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
                          I would be very careful with using pea netting - if they do try to fly up and land on it they can get tangled up. I used some on the top of a high fence to stop some turkeys a few years ago and it took some time to cut one free.
                          Turkeys are a lot more constructively stupid than chooks! Look each species in the eye, the chook has a gleam of intelligence (for a bird), the turkey gives the impression of a void behind the eyes!
                          Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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