Electric netting for chickens

[Nudibranch]

Does anyone use it on a semi permanent basis? Thinking ahead to when flockdown ends. OH has put a new floor in the old Rice trailer we inherited when we moved. I'd like to move the poultry into that field and it'll make a great house. If I electric net around it I can rotate the pasture in 3 configurations which should be useful. But has anyone ever had a fox/badger get through? I was hoping not to have to put the auto door into the trailer - ideally I can leave the pop hole open and keep them safe behind the net.

Also, whenever I've seen it set up it always looks a bit flimsy and never seems to stand properly up. The posts always seem to look wonky. I really cannot stand wonky posts! It's a pet hate. Before we went to permanent mains electric I used to have to make my poly posts were vertical on a daily basis . I've got a ton of fencing kit, could I reinforce without it looking sh*t? I don't want to make it fully permanent as I want to be able to move them onto fresh ground now and again.

Experiences welcome!

 

[meleeka]

I use it for pigs. I’ve never had a fox go through it to my knowledge. I use polyposts to either prop up the metal posts or in between to help the fence stay tight.

 

[rabatsa]

My neighbour uses it. Never had a fox or badger problem however some of the hens fly over it and next doors terrier attacked the hens through the fence.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

Tried the stuff. Didn't get on with it. If you've got just ONE blade of grass sticking up in the wrong place the dang stuff won't work, end of. Total PITA.

Also birds can and will fly up over the top of it and if you've got a really determined predator they can get in over the top too.

Think again would be my advice.

 

[QuantockHills]

I've used it... i think the bottom couple of strands aren't electrified as they sit on the floor... you'll need tension posts / guide ropes on the corners and i used plastic tent pegs to peg it down. I also ran a strand of electric fence around the outside, about a foot of the floor as an extra deterrent.... i wouldn't trust not locking them away overnight though....

 

[paddi22]

ours didn't work, ended up getting rid of it. stuff could get through it and chickens could fly over it

 

[Lacuna]

bought some - needed to use a lot of extra poly poles for it to stand up properly. After about 2 weeks one or two hens worked out the bottom strand wasn't electric and just wriggled under or flew over. Bit of a waste of money really

 

[rextherobber]

I have used it successfully, you really need to weedkill the grass around the fence perimeter. It is electrified right down to the last line, and is very effective, I've used it both from a battery and mains power. The mains power is very, very zappy, I thought I'd killed my Spaniel! Do not run it near anything predators could use to jump over it from, or so any vegetation from overhanging trees etc can touch it. I do have a wire enclosure the actual houses are in, 6ft high, with a netting roof, so they do have very restricted turnout even now, and I have peace of mind about any nocturnal break ins.

 

[Clodagh]

I used it permanently, sort of! But it was attached to proper wooden posts (on electric attachments) and supported elsewhere by electric fence poles. You must keep it charged or rabbits eat holes in it.
Although now I have normal kennel mesh with two strand string electric at dog/fox height which I find easier. My bantams are devils for escaping otherwise. If you put the house in the middle you can just move the end of the fence either side to give new grass and rest the old.
I do still shut mine up at night as I’m neurotic about them, but on the occasion I have forgotten they’ve come through unscathed.

 

[millikins]

We used it on a battery and I think the foxes/badgers check on a nightly basis if it's still on. I too hate the messy look of it.