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New alternative to omlet netting...

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sorry Omlet :oops: ...

 

Me and my grandad have just bought some netting for our gardens (he keeps chickens aswell). We didn't want to part with £68 for only 25 metres as we needed roughly 40 :shock: So we found a company called Knowle Nets, They supply all types of netting including poultry netting suitable for bantams and hens.

 

Omlet Netting 25 metres, 13 poles - £68 Suitable for hens, NOT suitable for bantams (They state it is however my pekin hen squeezes through the bottom hole.)

 

Knowle nets 25 metres, NO poles - £15 :shock::shock::shock:

 

The netting has 1" 1/2 holes all over. Even though it doesn't come with poles you can buy a couple of spare packs from omlet and it will still be cheaper!

 

Omlet netting 50m - £118 :shock:

Knowle Nets 50m - £30 :D

 

It is black and blends in fantastically...

 

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(sorry about the rubbish quality pics, stupid phone :roll: )

 

The website is...http://www.knowlenets.co.uk/pest_game/poultry_netting.htm

 

 

Good Luck

Tom

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Looks good but I am guessing that this can't be electrified which makes a bid of difference as the Omlet netting has all the electric wires going through it and we do use ours with an energiser.This would of course up the price.

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Thanks for that, I've bookmarked it. I think I'll get some of the bantam netting because two of my big chicks have turned out to be bantam sized and the little horrors (well just one naughty girl in particular) can squeeze through the Omlet netting. We have 25m of Omlet netting but could do with more to create little outdoorsy pens for some of the growers.

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Thanks tom,, this is perfect, I needed some netting to section off a bit of garden for the new ex batts Im getting to keep them seperate from my existing hens for a while till they get used to each other and forking out nearly £70 wasnt going down to well with OH. This is gonna cost me £25.!

Cheers :D

 

(and omlet, sorry :oops: )

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Please dont buy the bantam size, they rip you off! I ordered the 1 1/2 " which is still smaller than omlet and even the pekin chicks can't squeeze through plus its nearly three times as expensive!

 

I bought 10 metres x 1.2 metres however the omlet poles are only about 1m high so have pegged the extra down on the floor.

 

Thanks

Tom

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dumb post hopefully someone can help im not grt on maths :oops:

my bit i got is 27ft long and just over 3.5 ft high need go taller to stop odd one escaping.

can someone translate please

 

27ft = 8 and a bit metres

3.5ft = just over 1 metre

 

If you get the 4ft stuff that should keep them in

 

Good Luck

Tom

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Please dont buy the bantam size, they rip you off! I ordered the 1 1/2 " which is still smaller than omlet and even the pekin chicks can't squeeze through plus its nearly three times as expensive!

 

I bought 10 metres x 1.2 metres however the omlet poles are only about 1m high so have pegged the extra down on the floor.

 

Thanks

Tom

 

 

Thanks Tom!! I'll order up tomorrow.. perfect!

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thanks so much for taking the time to post this. our omlet netting has just started snapping with age and we are very skint - and stressing about it. We have been mending the holes with string and worrying about the cost of replacement. the poles are fine though and this has solved it for a tenner including postage! a huge thanks to you

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This is a fantastic bargain. At the moment I have volley ball netting which the girls can squeeze through so have had to put fruit netting over that - looks a right mess. These are held up by bamboo canes, with the net cable tied on - not easy to move and looks an eye sore :oops:

 

If I order some Omlet poles will I be able to attach it easily :?:

 

Jennyhenny

 

Well done Tom great link

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Where's the best place to get poles from?

 

Flytesofancy - they do packs of 10 poles that work our cheaper per pole than the extra poles via Omlet, plus they do some corner poles - these have three spikes (above ground looks the same) so keep tension on corners better.

 

Tracy

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Where's the best place to get poles from?

 

Flytesofancy - they do packs of 10 poles that work our cheaper per pole than the extra poles via Omlet, plus they do some corner poles - these have three spikes (above ground looks the same) so keep tension on corners better.

 

Tracy

 

Do you have a link Tracy struggling to find these :think:

 

Jennyhenny

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Where's the best place to get poles from?

 

Flytesofancy - they do packs of 10 poles that work our cheaper per pole than the extra poles via Omlet, plus they do some corner poles - these have three spikes (above ground looks the same) so keep tension on corners better.

 

Tracy

 

Do you have a link Tracy struggling to find these :think:

 

Jennyhenny

 

Look here: http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenhouses/Electric_Netting.html top left is the new corner poles and the pack of 10 poles are third row down on the right - these are identical to the omlet poles and the same netting.

 

Tracy

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