Poultry Net Electric Fence saved the day!
Right in the middle of writing this blog post the same gray coyote had the nerve to show up right behind the new fence we had just installed. I am not a very good shot and hubby would have gotten it, but he wanted to take a picture of me instead. The coyote got away, but I’ll get him next time![/caption]
It’s been a battle of wills!
Me and my 22 against the sneaky underhanded skill and agility of a pack of coyotes that have been stocking and feasting on our best backyard chickens. We needed to find an electric chicken fence to protect our valuable hens.
We clipped each bird’s wings so they couldn’t fly over the fence.
Poultry Net Electric Fence come to my rescue!
We have been homesteading for seven years now and in that time a wild pack of coyotes have killed, eaten, and preyed on over fifty of our cherished hens, roosters and turkeys. I was determined to make sure our poultry was safe this time around. So armed with a refresher course on how to handle my hubby’s 22 and new pens and locks I was determined that our farmyard was not going to be a restaurant anymore.
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If you look close you can see our pigs sleeping in the sun…oblivious to us working right beside them.[/caption]
We have always liked to let our chickens out to roam during the day so that they can feast on bugs and crickets, eat fresh grass and dig for grubs and worms until they were stuffed. Their daily outing makes for very happy birds that provide us plenty of healthy eggs. And after they have been free to roam all day it is easy to get them to roost up at night. But and that is a big BUT…the coyote had learned that dinner time was daytime on our farm and they started to come right in the middle of the day.
Well, this country girl had enough! There had to be a way we could let our girls roam and still keep them safe. So off I went to do some research and find an affordable way to fence in our chickens that was good enough to keep the coyotes out.
The corners do need a little support so we added a metal fence post to each corner and zip tied the corner post to our metal post.[/caption]
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Even though at times I turn my back on this electronic world I was very happy that my Internet search for easy to install chicken fence brought me to the electric chicken fence I bought. We have put in a lot of fences here on the farm and by far this was the easiest electric fence we ever installed.
It was quick and easy and it just three hours we had it up, the electric turned on and the chickens let out. They were so happy being free and protected! Their happy little feet made us smile and the $200 price tag was so worth their happiness.
Here are just a few of these fences features:
- Keeps in poultry, sheep, goats, cattle and guard dogs. Keeps out deer, bear, raccoons, rabbits, foxes, coyotes, stray dogs and skunks.
- It’s a 48″ electrifiable prefabricated fence.
- Very easy to set up. Highly conductive, only 35 ohms of resistance per 1,000 ft. of the fence.
- Double spiked posts for added stability. Double spikes work best in moist and/or soft soil.
- FENCE MUST BE PROPERLY ENERGIZED TO BE EFFECTIVE. Energizer is not included.
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Love the picture with you and your 22 – think about adding a llama my gal is fantastic for guarding the farm. I also use the dog and emus to keep away coyotes. I have a little pack that’s been coming around the last couple of night but they can’t get in because we’re completely fenced in. They sound like little yip yip dogs. Glad you found a fix, have never used that fencing before but have heard good thing. When we move because we’re next to a wild life preserve it will be a whole new ball game..
I hear ya on the Coyotes, I had same problem, until I also got the electric poultry fencing. I don’t have whole yard fenced, YET, with it, but, do have it all along back, next to woods, we do still only let them out when we’re out, as we’ve got stray dogs, bobcats & hawks & yard not completely fenced yet.
Do you need to put in a grounding rod for this fence or is it built in to the posts somehow?
Yes, we did add a grounding rod just to be safe.
The coyotes and other critters that come up to the fence are killed by it. Have you lost any chickens because they want to pick grass from the other side because grass is always greener on the other side or do they stay away on their own? That would be my concern over it.
Sharon,
The fence is so easy to move we move it often so they always have fresh green grass.
Thanks so much Tracie for your reply. I went ahead and purchased it. It sounds like a good deal. On one side I am installing a wind/snow break from cyclone with green strips in it. It will help to give them shelter also. They of course can come back to the hen house if they want.