debratugwell Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Our girls currently live in the back garden on a small area of mud!!! Would like to let them into the front garden occasionally to have access to grass etc. and have been researching the poultry netting on the web. I know Omlet sell a 25m roll with stakes for £60+ and just wondered if I could buy same elsewhere but cheaper!!! Can anyone advise? Want netting - not wire - and the proper stakes I can just push into the ground. Any help/websites much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainboarddude Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 you can get rolls of plastic netting to put round plants which might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratugwell Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Thanks for that but I want to cordon them off in a particular section , as opposed to put netting round plants to prevent them from pecking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milly Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 From the pictures I have seen of Omlet netting I think it's like the stuff we just bought from another company Kintaline. We wanted electric fencing so we could leave them out while we are at work. It doesn't seem to have a brand name on it, but I saw some in a farm supplies shop yesterday when we were looking for feed. So it would be worth looking around in your area or on the internet. I must admit I didn't look at the price because I didn't want to find it was cheaper! But I suspect there is not enough competition/demand for there to be much variation in price. Otherwise, as suggested, you could look at garden netting. But I think the stakes that come with the fencing are a plus point, because they make it much easier to set up. And even then, we got slightly entagled! Milly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Someone else on here, can't remember who sorry, said they'd researched alternatives and worked out that the Omlet netting was actually quite good value for money. I didn't look for other options, just bought the Omlet stuff, but it is very good value. It's flexible, my hens can't seem to get over it although they get underneath it sometimes, and they don't get stuck in it. I'd worry a bit about them damaging themselves on other sorts of netting. I cut it into three separate bits, as it was a bit long for me to manage putting up on my own, and use it nearly every day. That way I can 'corral' them into certain bits of the garden, they helpfully weed the flowerbeds but don't get long enough to destroy the grass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratugwell Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 thanks for that - have done a bit of lookign around today and actually the Omlet stuff does seem to be quite good value. Will give it a try me thinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Someone else on here, can't remember who sorry, said they'd researched alternatives and worked out that the Omlet netting was actually quite good value for money. ! Think that might have been me I found netting the same as Omlet sells for the same price, however with the Omlet netting you get extra poles which you had to buy seperately from other places. The extra poles spread about the 25 metre length make it a doddle to put up and put away by one person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 We also did a bit of research as our initial thoughts were that the Omlet netting was quite expensive for what it was. However, a couple of trips to B&Q and Wickes soon showed that it's no cheaper to do it yourself - plus the Omlet stuff is very easy to put up/take down and is extremely flexible. Omlet every time I say Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratugwell Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Many thanks everyone - Omlet netting it is then!!!!!!!! No doubt the girls will appreciate this in the garden on Saturday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 They will! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyReckless Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Our only complaint with the Omlet netting is that 2 of the 3 girls can get over it with no trouble at all, despite clipped wings. So any time they fancy treats the hop over (well, flap!) and head to the back door to make their presence felt so i will round them up with a handful of mixed corn and get them back in their area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanchick Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Exactly the same complaint as RubyReckless. 2 of mine flap over despite clipped wings, but the last time Clarabel did it she flew back in again. But if it was any taller I would not be able to climb over it. Otherwise it is excellent. I got the 25 metre length and it is way more than we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 But if it was any taller I would not be able to climb over it. HOW long are your legs? I make sure the gap between two 'ends' is somewhere convenient, and bend the poles apart if I need to get in. Don't think I could climb over!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanchick Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I'm 5" 5'! I push down on the netting between 2 poles and do a scissor kick to get one leg over at a time. Can't think of any other way to do it, as the end poles are underneath bushes or trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 You can buy a gate for the poultry netting www.flytesofancy.co.uk/shop/product_inf ... 7b940218f7 I just do a scissor kick to get over the netting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanchick Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Great, thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 ooh, what a good idea! I wish I could do a scissors kick - not sure I ever could, but not these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
