emmalou Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Hi All. I am interested in the 21 metre chicken fencing which is good for keeping chickens in one area. However are the posts every 1 metre and is it just one gate included in the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 looking at the photos the post centers look about 1.8 - 2 m apart minimum but I couldn't find any thing in the info about how far apart they are can't help with the gate My electric fence (I don't use it as and electric fence) looks to be about 6ft - 8ft that's 1.8 - 2.4meters between posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 You thread the posts through the mesh yourself so you can put them wherever you like. Yes there is only one gate which I am now finding really annoying because it means if you don't have the fence in a loop you have no gate and have to climb over which is difficult for less mobile people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Brill thanks. yes the write up isn't great is it. Have ordered it so hopefully I will be pelased with the product and will save my sanity with chickens coming in the house. Being able to move them to suit is a good idea. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 You thread the posts through the mesh yourself so you can put them wherever you like. Yes there is only one gate which I am now finding really annoying because it means if you don't have the fence in a loop you have no gate and have to climb over which is difficult for less mobile people. Yes, I thought it was annoying that there's only the one gate post. It infers that you can place the gate wherever you want when the reality is that you actually have to have it right and the end of the netting. I ended up running ours parallel to the WiR as it was the only way I could think to make the damn thing work which allowed them to move between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Well i presumed it would be on the end logically though and that works for us. That way it will run around the exterior or our terrace and we can then put the gate up against the house, so works well for us, although yes I suppose may not suit all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Well it arrived and so far my chooks have got their head caught in the fencing 5 times. Twice they paniced so much I had trouble releasing them as both their head and feet were caught in the netting. Awful stuff and have reported it back to Omlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 that's the draw back with netting and chickens if the hole is big enough for them to get their heads through the silly sods think they can get their body through the hole.all my mob bar one( she was about 12 weeks old when I got the netting) have grown up with electric fence netting from a couple of days old but every now and again one gets stuck trying to get through normally after wind fall apples and plums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 This may sound like a stupid question, but did you put the smaller holes at the bottom? I've never had one of the girls catch themselves in it so far - but one of my girls has taken a running jump up and hopped right over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Bernadette has learnt how to get through it. She jumps up to the lowest big hole, sticks her head through, then flaps to tilt her body head down, and wriggles until she falls through! Annoying though it is (last Friday evening she escaped 5 times in half an hour!) it's hilarious to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
