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  • From: Claude William Genest <genest@pivot.net>
  • To: Wordgarden <wordgarden@iinet.net.au>, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] chooks and electric fences
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:26:10 -0500

Not sure about electric fences per se, but generally :
- heavier breeds ( as opposed to bantams) are more sedentary
- if the eating is good, they are in no hurry to look elsewhere
-they need and will look for shade and somewhere to perch
- consider predators from above ( hawks eagles)

I guess you could stack the last three by providing a shady-perch-protection unit of some kind....

Let me know how it goes, my chicken tractoring has not been all that successful and this may be a better alternative.

Claude

On Monday, January 5, 2004, at 09:21 PM, Wordgarden wrote:

Hi all,

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?

cheers,
Robert

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