Poultry Fencing
Most of us at some time or other, have had a visit from a predator, either wild or domestic. who took our most prized bird or worse still, killed or half killed several of the flock in the attack. Secure fencing is the only solution unless the birds are kept indoors at all times.
Spring-time brings vixens with hungry cubs, summer sees the cubs learning to hunt for themselves and autumn / winter provides these predators have extended cover of darkness and increases this risk.
Electric Netting
We have found electric netting a very useful means of both protecting our birds and of segregating our breeds.
Predators will check for entry and get a shock when their nose touches the wire, chickens have the protection of their feathers and because it blends into the background they seem to be unable to see the top to fly over it, remaining confined within.
Changing the Pens
Moving a run to give the chickens fresh ground is a simple matter of lifting the posts and re-positioning them. We have found that if the task is easy to complete it's less likely to be postponed. This keeps the pens in good condition with fresh grass growing all the time, essential in wintertime as the birds can turn a pen into bare ground and mud very quickly when it rains.
Secure and Flexible
The electric net is a secure mesh made up of electrifiable horizontal poly wires that will give a shock to any animal trying to get through. The spacing's between these wires at the bottom of the netting start off at 5cm increments for the first 4 spacing's and increase thereafter, making the nets suitable for bantam sized birds and above.
The poly wires which make up the horizontals in the netting comprise of twisted polythene with wire running though it. This wire is connected to an energiser which can get is electricity from either mains or battery.
It is 110 centimetres or 1.1 metres high by either 25 or 50 metres long and is ideal for free range chickens, geese, turkeys, etc
Poultry netting can be set out to provide several runs from a single roll or several nets can be joined together by the clips at the end allowing the pulse from a fence energiser to go from one net to another with maximum effect.
It's necessary to use an appropriate strength energiser when connecting the fences as 1 x 50 meter roll of fence has 550 metres of wire some of which may be in contact with vegetation causing the energy to 'leak' reducing the effect. If more than one fence is connected the extra length must be factored into the calculations.
Electric Netting Energiser
The Speedrite 2000 gives two output joules using either mains or battery and is designed for up to 20 km (12 ha) of fence wire.
A five light LED light bar indicates energiser operation, output voltage and battery condition.
- All-purpose, mains or 12 V battery energizer
- Indicator lights show output voltage and battery condition
- Adjustable pulse speed
- Day / Night sensor
- Easily mounted on a wall, fence or fence wire
- Includes battery lead set and fence lead set
- Includes power adaptor for mains power installation
See our Poultry Supplies page for pricing