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  • From: Richard Archer <perma@juggernaut.com.au>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] chooks and electric fences
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:01:06 +1100

At 10:21 AM +0800 6/1/04, Wordgarden wrote:

>Has anyone had any experience with (or got any opinions about) keeping
>chooks enclosed with electric fence tape (that white stuff that is used for
>strip grazing cattle). Seems to be a good way to rig up temporary movable
>runs, keeping the chooks in and the foxes out...or is that just wishful
>thinking?

Chooks are pretty well insulated and the standard electric tape
doesn't work so well. You can get an electric mesh that does
work quite well for chooks.

I don't think it'd keep the foxes out though... they'd just jump
over it, wouldn't they? It's really only this time of year that
you'll get chooks taken during the day by a fox... while there
are young foxes about that haven't learnt to be wily yet.
And at night you always have to have your chooks in a fox-proof
house.

...R.




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