FORENSICA Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hi, I need to fence the girls off so they no longer poo on my patio since the BBQ time is starting. Also, I want to keep some clean grass for me and my little girl to enjoy when the weather will be nice. Is there anybody who is keeping their girls confined within the netting? How did you solve the approachability of Eglu without pulling poles every day in and out to get to the run? Cut a hole in the net and keep Eglu outside of the netted area? Also, should I rather get rid of the Eglu wired run so they can not go on top of it to jump over the net? I just want to say that they are very safe in our garden, since it is fenced of by 2+meters high brick wall and another 1.8m high wooden fence. We've never seen a fox in the gardens around so I dare to say they just can not get here. I do not want to build anything permanent and too expensive so thought this could be a solution for them to get a little more room. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Mine are in an area at the bottom of the garden separated from the main area by netting. there is the odd escape bi, but in general I would say that the omlet netting has worked well. How is your little girl getting on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I have a fenced off area at the bottom of the garden with Omlet netting and it used to keep all of the girls in (until I got my leghorns who can clear small bungalows to get to where they want to be, despite having clipped wings. None of the others have ever got over the netting. Initially, I have a bent nail driven into the wall, so you just hooked the final netting pole around that to shut the opening and went in and out that way, but I now have a gate, which I made from an old piece of wooden trellis, cut down to size, which I can open and close - it's held closed with a piece of trellis jammed into the dry stone wall at the top. I find this to be very effective. I used some lengths of wood to reinforce areas where the netting went around a corner and used additional bamboo canes as uprights as I wanted the netting to be really tight as I don't plan to move it around (it really worked!) One thing I really like about the Omlet netting is that when you look down the garden towards it, it is effectively invisible, so you look through it. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 How is your little girl getting on? She is wonderful, thank you for asking Sleeps great for being 3 months old (11hours ), smiles most of the time and in general very cheerful little girl. We are just delighted by her. Omletina Kyckling, thanks a lot for the thorough description. Your garden is wonderful and large! I am so envious I am probably going to order the netting then.Most people here seem to be happy with it and I did not find a better alternative. I hope it will keep the girls in, will clip both of their wings and will see.BTW, your girls have very Scandinavian names, how fun ( my hubby is Swedish ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I just clamber over it every morning.....clutching the water and the food......and once a month I get my foot caught in it and end up inelegantly sprawled somewhere......and last week a visitor got her foot caught and clouted my chin with her elbow.....but I do move the poles to let the girls out.....am I doing something wrong here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I use the netting to keep mine in an enclosed area and just bend end pole sideways (they are very flexible) and climb through - I do this many times a day and hook the netting over the next door pole to stop the naughties slipping through the gap. That said, like you i wanted to keep the chickens in there most of the time but mine can jump over it once they are on top either of the eglu or the cube (yes they can jump straight up there) so it doesn't work as well as I want it to keeping them in. I am too scared to leave them in there when out in case of foxes but it sounds as though you have a secure garden - be aware others have thought the same though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koo2cat Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 We used the Omlet netting for a year as a permanent area for the chickens to run around in. It worked really well other than we had to climb over it everytime we wanted to get into the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 *waves* yoo hoo, Forensica! Glad to hear you and your little girl are doing fine. Pipi Chicken is now fully integrated, and lays a very small, smooth, pale egg nearly every day! As others have said, you can just unhook the end of the netting to make a 'gate' or door. I cut mine into three pieces so it was easier to manoeuvre, and that way you have more 'ends' to make an opening with. It should work well to contain them, although you might have to peg the bottom down as mine usually squeeze underneath it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Electrifying it will make it fox proof. Some on here swear by electric fencing and have it instead of a WIR. I think that's what I'm going to do. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunw Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) How did you solve the approachability of Eglu without pulling poles every day in and out to get to the run? Cut a hole in the net and keep Eglu outside of the netted area? We did this hopefully you can see we have our netting in a few different lengths so were able to put the poles either side of the door. this allowed egg collection without having to enter the fenced area. Edited April 3, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks Shaunw for the picture, looks cleverly put together *waves* yoo hoo, Forensica! Glad to hear you and your little girl are doing fine. Pipi Chicken is now fully integrated, and lays a very small, smooth, pale egg nearly every day! As others have said, you can just unhook the end of the netting to make a 'gate' or door. I cut mine into three pieces so it was easier to manoeuvre, and that way you have more 'ends' to make an opening with. It should work well to contain them, although you might have to peg the bottom down as mine usually squeeze underneath it. Glad to hear that Pipi is laying well for you and hopefully is being a good quiet girl Believe it or not, but taking her to yours made a massive difference here and the rest of the flock is most of the time very quiet Anyway, thank you all for the replies, seems like it should work then. I am thinking of overlapping the eglu with the netting above their door so eglu peeks out and I do not have to go to their run at all (apart from topping up their food and water). Hope this will work. Will probably disassemble their metal run and hang their food on shed wall. Can't wait to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Behavin Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Hi, How high is the omlet netting? We fenced our two into half our garden about a month ago, and in the last few days they have both been jumping over fence (by jumping on top of it first). It's 90cm high. For the same reasons as the original post I would like to keep my chooks out of the rest of garden during the summer (that and it would be nice to have the odd flower or two). At the moment, I am going so insane repeatedly putting them on their side of the fence that I am considering just getting a run converter and leaving them in the run except when we're outside to supervise. But it's such a shame, cos the girls have loved having the run of the garden. They've even been allocated their own border to decimate! Any ideas welcome? What about using netting to add a kind of roof? Thanks guys Hils Mum to: Arrived 14 November 2008 Dottie Lola not forgetting our Cat, Billie and son, Harry (19 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 The netting isn't that high to be honest - I think it's a metre - and mine drive me bananas by flying over it from on top of the cube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tania Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I love the netting and I climb over the lowest part (mine's on a slope) to get in and out. I have it electrified and even this is not a problem, although obviously I do turn it off to climb over! It works a treat with the girls and keeps the rest for us humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 they will try to get underneath it so it needs to be pegged doen, one of mine is a real escape artist and has recently learned to climb the netting where it sits against our wooden slatted compost bin and managed to sprain her hip in the process. So if they can get a launch pad or anything to stablize the netting they will have a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 If you are going to electrify your netting don't cut it. But I don't electrify it and I cut my netting into 2 pieces. So my wooden fence panels form 2 sides of the enclosure, and then the netting forms the other 2 sides. I leave a gap between where the netting comes together to get in and out. I put 2 wooden stakes at either side to tie the omlet netting against. Then use some expanding trellis as a "door" to prop up agains the gap. Unfortunately I have to use an unattractive garden chair or dustbin leaning against the trellis to stop it blowing over. But it works for me. Not a great picture of their "door" but here goes anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
