nursechick Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 My netting from Omlet arrived so my son and I decieded to put it up,well, we got ourselves in a right knot.First off, there is so much of it and all those poles it reminded me of my Mum's knitting after the cat got it!.Once we'd untangled it we managed quite a good job of it, only the girls who had watched us with interest, appeared to be on the veg patch and we were fenced in the chicken run.However curiosity got the better of them and the sight of the corn filled tupperware and they were soon on their side of the fence! We finished just as it got dark and with the girls nicely tucked in the coop we retired for a nice cup of tea.We hadn't been in 5mins and our trusty labrador started barking at the window;I rushed out and there was a fox bold as brass.Just think if I'd left the girls out while I made my tea they'd be gonners now. Anyway my son has checked on them and they are snoozing contentedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Phew! That was a close call. Glad you got your netting sorted, I'm sure you'll feel much happier about letting them free range too, now you've seen Mr Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmat Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I got myself some omlet netting last year but didn't have much joy with it. Like you, it took me about an hour on my own to untangle it, then it kept falling down as i couldn't pull it tight on my own. I got it up and running after a while... i popped my newbies, Doris and Peggy inside it to see how they got on. I nipped inside for a moment, and when I came back they were out of it! I put them back in to watch what happened. One of them just magaged to lift it up with her head and the other walked into the net and got her head stuck in it. She was nearly choked! I think you have to have a large area of flat open space to use it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I find it easier to deal with if you lay it down on the floor and roll it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 There is definitely an art to it! I have found it very useful for dividing the run, but I also have a limbo dancing hen who gets underneath. The others just walk round through the tiny gap at the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I had the same problem unravelling it but its seems to do the job. I have pegged the bottom down to stop my girls getting underneath, they all tried lifting the bottom up, one even tried to charge through it & almost got her head stuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChicken Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 i found it a bit cumbersome to start with but you soon get used to moving it around. I like putting there treats bowl the wrong side then watch them bounce off the netting as they try to run through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...