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[johnandkymberley]

Oh my days, today Chryssie was found up the pavement clucking away at herself! the fence is about 4 and a half foot and we have checked the garden for other ways out and it has got to be the fence. and we found a lump of chicken poo on it! So i am thinking some of those plastic spike strips, like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Prikka-Strip-Fence-Spikes-Anti-Intruder-1-Metre-/230602694410?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item7b67fb771d just one strip of spikes though not 3, i think once she see's something like this she wont bother again but i just want it to stop! the gate is metal btw, ideas appreciated! x

[Patricia W]

Does clipping one wing work? Or making the fence higher by adding some of those trellis panels at the top?

[Egluntyne]

I agree, I'd make the fence higher.

[johnandkymberley]

Hi, she has her wing clipped already, i cant add trellis as its a metal fence, i dont know what to do but i dont want it happening again!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Some of that flimsy garden netting and a few garden canes?

[Cinnamon]

Rather than that spiky stuff,I would add a small topper of trellis to your fence,but have it set slightly leaning in towards the garden,so she can't perch on it easily....think zoo enclosures!

[Millie-Annie]

Please don't use netting. My neighbours chicken got caught up in netting, broke her hip and whilst she lay there the others ate her.

 

I have a morbid fear of netting now and would avoid it at al costs

[Luvachicken]

We used separate posts to connect our trellis so it is in front of the neigbours fence, if you see what I mean.

This then makes our fence much taller but without being on the neighbours fence.

Hope this helps.

[Lavenders_Blue]

I used prikka strips earlier this year when I was looking after some hens for a friend. One of them found she could jump on top of the ark which was fine until she worked out it was only a short flap to the fence and over into the neighbours' garden

 

Here she is up on top of the ark with another of the hens, who thankfully never made it over the fence.

 

 

Clipping her wing made no difference so we attached prikka strips along the apex of the ark to stop her jumping on top of it. It worked brilliantly.

[hammy72]

Please don't use netting. My neighbours chicken got caught up in netting, broke her hip and whilst she lay there the others ate her.

 

I have a morbid fear of netting now and would avoid it at al costs

 

Netting is OK if you are around to rescue them though isn't it? Mine have a netted off area to roam in when we are around to fox watch. My dog put her head through once and got stuck 'cos of her big ears, she didn't panic she just stood there with her head and tail down waiting to be rescued and the hens didn't go and peck her either while she was captive in this position.

[johnandkymberley]

okay no netting or trelis i think, it is a metal gate, im so sorry ive noticed ive put fence, it is at the back of the garden at the end of the drive, has a flat edge though, im sorry but i am going to have to by some prikka stuff i think, nothing else seems to fit the bill xx

[Millie-Annie]

Personally I would never use netting, they get tangled so easily, then they panic and make it worse. Possibly if it is really taut it would be ok I suppose if you have nothing else, but never on top of something, as they land feet first and then they will just hang there unable to escape.

[johnandkymberley]

Millie Annie i am so shocked by your story!!! how horrible,i am going for the prikka stuff, its the only thing i can think would suit really, thanks for your tip though, will put me off netting for life! do you think a hen would get stuck in the prikka stuff like netting?

[gongladosh]

My neighbours chicken got caught up in netting, broke her hip and whilst she lay there the others ate her.

 

oof, poor thing!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Please don't use netting. My neighbours chicken got caught up in netting, broke her hip and whilst she lay there the others ate her.

 

What an awful story . I'm sorry I suggested it . (But glad you have warned people.)

[Egluntyne]

Crikey! What an awful thing to have happened.

[Green Tea]

You could use brushwood or split cane, the stuff that comes on a roll, and just tie it to the fence with cable ties or garden twine so that it goes from the ground up and hides the fence completely.

[Snowy]

If your gate is only 4 and a half feet high, then it's unlikely that prika would stop them as they can just fly straight over that height

We have a concrete slab fence at the bottom of our garden. It's the same height as your metal gate. We used cable ties to attach a roll of 6' willow palisade to it. It looks much nicer than the concrete and is flimsy enough to deter them jumping onto it.

What is stopping you attaching something like that to your gate? Cable ties are very easy, go round and through most holes and can easily be cut off so are not permanent.

[Millie-Annie]

It was before I had chickens of my own. My neighbour had four and wanted to bring in two more, so he separated them with netting. This poor little thing, one of the newbies, got her feet tangled and in panicking and twisting she broke her hip and then just lay there. I looked over the fence as I liked to see his girls and two of them were pecking her round the vent and coming up with mouthfuls of flesh. My husband tried hosing them, nothing, so we scaled the fence, neighbour being out and rescued her, but she died during the night. Even when I was holding her and my husband was clipping the netting away, they were still trying to get at her, they were frenzied.

 

For a while it completely put me off chickens, but I did succumb and interestingly I now have her sister living with me as she was surplus to requirements next door. He only wants layers, I am grateful for one out of 4 laying

[fluffy chick]

Gosh how awful, at least you were able to rescue her so her last moments were peaceful. I guess that's why if any blood is drawn during intros you should remove the chicken. Once they draw blood they don't stop.