4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[judemogwai]

If the chickens wings are clipped, how high does your garden fence have to be... don't want them next door in the first week..

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Depends if they find a sneaky launch pad beside your fence . I have a roughly 3 1/2 ft wall with some trellis attached to the top and they've never attempted to get over it. Some chickens are flightier (and nosier ) than others though, and may attempt higher.

 

That wasn't much help, was it ?

[Budgies]

When the chap from Omlet put up our run 3 years ago I asked the same question and he said they wouldn't get over a 5foot fence!

 

Don't forget that foxes can manage a much higher wall or fence though, so its advisable to supervise freeranging if you can

[eggalp]

now i don't know how true this is but the breeder i get my hens from says that white hens are more likely to be 'flighty'. I assume that it only applies to pure white hens as i have a white sussex who is a big heavy beast (she's only 24 weeks old!) and i don't think she would even make it off the ground She's beautiful!

 

I have a 5 ft hedge around the garden and none of them have ever tried to escape - i think once they know where they live they wont make any effort to escape - i think mine think that if they go next door they might not get fed - thats enough for them to stay on the ground in my garden!!

[lucie]

We have 6ft fences so never had a problem. But, Flo, my , managed to fly / jump up on to my 4 1/2ft cardboard tower I had built as a short term solution to protecting my new bay tree....

[Gamebird]

It's not so much keeping your chickens in but keeping the foxes out.

 

Foxes can easily scale a 7' fence and higher if they have something to climb onto first.

 

I have my chickens behind electric fencing which is only 3'7" high. They haven't attempted to fly over it but they do have their wings clipped.

[judemogwai]

Thanks All, better get some trellis for the tops as only 4ft.

[Lewis]

now i don't know how true this is but the breeder i get my hens from says that white hens are more likely to be 'flighty'.

Well my 2 White Stars (Alvin is my avatar ) were definately more flighty.

 

We also had a Chicken of Fate Cream Legbar called Gertrude come and visit us for a few days last year, and she flew from down the road (I assume not all in one go )