WHY WE STOPPED USING THE ELECTRIC POULTRY NETTING | VLOG

In this episode, I shared how I make my own spice blends from dried peppers and herbs, and why we stopped using the electric poultry netting/fencing for our chickens, and only have it around the rabbits.
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[@TheStickinator]

Thanks for sharing your experience with these fences.

[@herrprepper2070]

We pasture raise chickens and turkeys in NW Wyoming. We use the 48” Premier1 electric poultry fence as well as conventional fencing. We’ve never lost a bird to 4-legged predators in pens protected by the electric fence… owls of course just disregard it.

[@peterellis4262]

I have a couple of additional comments/observations regarding the electric poultry netting. If your terrain is uneven - gaps and sags and loads of fiddling to try to correct for them. If your ground is not covered with pasture but is woodland floor, or transitioning from woodland floor - every single twig, woody stem half an inch tall, bit of a stump - essentially anything not an easily pushed over grass or forb will catch and hold you back, tangling the netting. I have one section 160 feet (+-) long and I can't move it in under an hour. The spikes go into our sandy soil with no problem. Maybe too easily. But the hassle involved in moving it would be worthwhile if it did anything constructive for us. It has never contained our chickens. Hot as it can be and the hens walk right through it, tromping it down to where they can get to openings large enough to push through. Never has held the chickens. It holds larger ducks and geese. And that's the final straw for why I'm not ever spending a nickel on poultry netting again. One Pekin, one Muscovy and this morning one 8 week old Toulouse Goose. All trapped themselves in the poultry netting and were then killed by an opportunistic predator. If the netting had not held them, the predator would not have got them. Three highly valuable birds that ought to have had long lives, killed because of the netting. Whoever you are, if it works for your situation, you're lucky and that's great. My experience - it does more harm than good.

[@aszandek]

Hi, try to use more trees, bushes and more plants to keep the water in the soil on your dry field. Small fruit trees are the best, like apples, pears, peaches... Thanks! Go for it!

[@bsavage2404]

Awesome tip with herb grinder and all!

[@analarson2920]

Thnaks great tips, we too have the heavy soil and I learned a lot today. I find heavy clay soil makes good hot peppers. Blessings.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

I wouldnt even try to keep any poultry without a very well loved specially trained farm dog. A bull dog mix will even keep away predatory dogs. A Good dog is invaluable and have worked from the beginning of time when animals were first domesticated.

[@OldReddingFarm]

Keeping small animals safe is always such a struggle it is always sad to lose one to a predator. But this was all interesting info on why you don't use that electric fencing any more. Thanks for sharing !!

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Yes it is. If we needed to keep the chickens confined to a specific area, we would definitely keep using it. But as far as predator control, it didn't do much for us.

[@ourtinyacres5173]

I love making my own spice blends a friend always comments on how fresh my spices are.

[@Louieo2012]

Sounds great

[@stephendaniel168]

After the greed gets into “pasture raised eggs” if it already hasn’t, there will be a name for the way your chickens get to range. It went from free range to pasture raised. Maybe they’ll call them unlimited access chicken or something like that.

[@CHARISSAJACOBSON]

I absolutely love your channel! Thank you.

[@wandahershey9227]

Great video! Thanks for sharing with us Constance

[@sharorganic5841]

I have had to use a drill to predrill a hole for posts in my clay ground

[@aseasonedmomandanemptynest5190]

That was good advice about the rice. I never thought to do that with mine. Now I know 😉 Thanks!

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you. And thank you for joining in on the live chat last night :D

[@eco35758]

We homestead near Huntsville, would love to buy your poultry netting, we follow goat herd with hens to break up parasite and fly larvae cycle.

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you for asking, but we don't plan on getting rid of it. I know we will use it again in the future :)

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Cynthia, send me an email at [e-mail]

[@lorae7]

Does the electric fence hurt the chickens if the chickens touch it? Maybe that's a dumb question but just now starting to look into various fencing ideas

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

They will feel it, and not like it. But it won't harm them.

[@phills6732]

So informative, thanks! Have you had any issues with the electric net giving a good enough shock when the ground is hard and dry like you mentioned? I was wanting to compare these kinds of nets vs the ones that alternate hot/ground lines.

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

As long as it is hooked up to a good charger box, it shocks quite well. Our dogs each got zapped once, and never went near the fence again. Even when it was dry, it did a good job. The only time we really had a problem was when one of our charger boxes went bad.

[@MichiganGardenGal]

New subscriber here 🤗💕 Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to watching more of your videos, and watching your channel grow. I hope you’re having a wonderful week🌿🌷💕

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you, and welcome!

[@karincollins1883]

Would this fencing keep a fox from getting in? We have had a fox attack twice during mid day within the last week. We had always free ranged until now thinking all the predators we had to worry about would come at night. Hawks and such being the exception.... We are still trying to deal with this fox. Any help is appreciated.

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

We have lots of coyotes, raccoons and foxes around here. I get them on camera all the time. While we used this fencing, we never lost a chicken to any of those.

[@inthegarden1917]

Hi Constance, i have a Premier one poultry net, I am thinking of getting another one to extend the space. I was wondering do you use their charger or do you use another company charger? If so please share which charger you use with your fence. Thanks for sharing.

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

I do not use their chargers. I use a Parmak charger or a solar one from Tractor Supply. amzn.to/3AVtTcy www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/american-farmworks-5-mile-solar-fence-energizer-esp5mn-afw

[@julioc.moncada676]

I love your eyes ☺️

[@Jwayne1020]

Would this type of electric fence be suitable for using to keep chickens out of garden?

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Absolutely!

[@JoyfulStitching]

Did you make your garden apron and if so is there a pattern ?

[@spottedcatworld3375]

What kind of camera do you use? Your photography is gorgeous!

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you! I have several. Canon M6, M50 and M3 for video, and a 70D for photography :)

[@sniper-lt9pd]

IF THE SOIL IS SO HARD WHY DON'T YOU USE A BATTERY POWERED LONG DRILL, DRILL A HOLE AND PLACE A POST

[@violaspencer5628]

spice blend recipes??

[@AW-yv9sq]

So in summary we stopped using it because it was work. We did not try to make it easier to use. We became ok with animals disappearing. Not a problem now 😂

[@T_i_n_a_]

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