Rosalie Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) I am thinking of getting the 12 metre Omlet fencing. Are there sufficient poles included or should I get extra poles or will the pegs be sufficient. I have 4 bantams thankyou Edited June 17, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 We have the 21 metre net Rosalie. Extra poles would certainly be a benefit (as they are with any netting we've ever bought) because the net drops 6" between posts on ours. I would be concerned about bantams flying out because it isn't that high. We have Orpingtons within ours, so flying isn't a problem and the 6" sag isn't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalie Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 We have the 21 metre net Rosalie. Extra poles would certainly be a benefit (as they are with any netting we've ever bought) because the net drops 6" between posts on ours. I would be concerned about bantams flying out because it isn't that high. We have Orpingtons within ours, so flying isn't a problem and the 6" sag isn't either. Thankyou we have a 6 foot high garden fence so this would just be to keep them contained at times or try to and want something that can be moved around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuburbanChick Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I think that if you buy the 12metre fecning kit and you want to keep it in one spot AND in the shape that Omlet show, then the amount of poles might be adequate. [if you use the pegs as well to anchor it down] However, I like to move the fencing around and my set up means I have to be a bit creative with the shape! The number of poles was rather inadequate and I had to order more straight away. I have four hybrids and they just love to stick their necks right through the bottom of the netting to reach whatever is outside I also have one escape artist who mangages to to wriggle underneath if everything isn't pegged down carefully! I only let my crew out in the fenced area when I'm around to police them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalie Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thank you do you find it high enough to keep them in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuburbanChick Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yes, so far so good They haven't attempted to fly over. Any escape is underneath I haven't got any experience with bantams though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalie Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 We've got the longest length of Omlet fencing and use it to fence them inside a shrub border round the lawn. The numbero f stakes was fine - if two people stretch it out whilst erecting and banging in the stakes it stays quite taut. We love it as it is really invisible from a distance. No-one has jumped over the top but our hens with small combs do stick their necks through the lower holes to try and crop the grass - they look like giraffes stretching out and then have to wiggle to get their heads back inside again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalie Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I was very happy with my omlet fencing and found that it did have enough poles. However my greedy dogs have completely ruined it (not the poles). They've ripped it to pieces during their quest to pinch the chickens food and eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 SuburbanChick is exactly right. IF the area is fairly static and IF it is a similar shape to the one Omlet shows, then the number of poles plus the tensioning stuff they provide will probably be OK. We bought some of the netting originally, and then another lot some time later. The second lot had a lot fewer poles because they include the tensioning stuff (sorry, my brain won't let me find the word for it). We move our netting around all the time, and it has to go in all sorts of shapes, so we found we needed extra poles. The netting is effective. We do have two birds who can still get over it, but they now do it by aiming for the top of the netting and kinda bouncing off it. We put up a double run of netting for a while, with a no-hens-land in the middle and not enough space for them to do anything but a vertical take off, and that has cured them of it. (For now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalie Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 A tiny word of caution - when I had some Pekin bantams, they were able to squeeze through the netting. I rigged up some bird netting along the bottom third and the combination kept them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I had a similar problem with a chicken continually poking her head through the holes. She ended up with no neck feathers. I put chicken wire around the bottom of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalie Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks for all your help everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Sorry to extend the question. But, do you need to have clipped your girls wings to make this effective? I'm thinking of getting some and allowing them out of the WIR for the first time - but am nervous about escapees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I think it depends on what type of chickens you have. I have little bantams and even with their wings clipped still can make it quite high. I'm glad my garden fence is 2 m high.... But I think I read somewhere that bigger and heavier breeds are less likely to really fly. Also if they are laying eggs, they seem to be less able. You can always do it as a precaution. Feathers will grow back anyway and once they are used to free ranging it might not be nescessary to keep clipping them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Steve C, it depends how high your WIR is. Looking at the type of birds you have I would say clip them. Cat tails is right, you may only need to do it once, because one they've tried flying and realise they can't do it, they seem to forget they ever could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
