electric netting?

[colemangirly]

Does anyone on here actually use the electric netting for poultry? I was thinking of getting some for our chickens so that I can move them around to new areas every week. If anyone has used this could you tell me if a solar or battery charger will work? I am told that goats and chickens are the hardest to fence and need stronger chargers. Anyone have any help? I am totally new to electric fencing and need to not use a plug in type of charger.

Thanks;

[Left-Handed Dog]

We've used electric net for years for chickens and turkeys. Works great for the chickens...but turkey poults will run right through it until they are too big to get through the mesh. Called the vendor and they said "oh, yeah...doesn't work so good for turkeys." Which is odd since we consider turkeys to be poultry too

We use a small energizer. I'm sure a solar/battery charger would work great. Love the portability of the fence and we always roll it up and store during the winter. We've seen dogs challenge it (once) and have not lost any birds to predation yet. Make sure you keep the weeds down on the fence line to keep the shock strong.

[Shygal]

Thats because turkeys are generally the idiots of the poultry world. Though I hear guineas are pretty close to that title

[colemangirly]

Would you mind sharing what type of charger that you use?

Thanks;

[oregon woodsmok]

I don't use electric fence for poultry. Mine are behind a 7 foot tall predator proof fence.

However, I fence the geese out of the grapevines with green plastic poultry netting. It's got 1 inch opening, comes in 25 foot rolls and is very light weight. It is zip tied to some light stakes. Probably the step-in plastic posts would work, since poultry doesn't do much leaning on or scratching on fences.

Not much is going to fly. If they won't fly over electric net they won't fly over plastic net.