Has anyone used the green plastic chicken fence?

[kizanne]

I'm trying to design my coop and run. I'm wondering if the garden plus poultry netting plastic might work better in florida. We have alot of rain and humidity.

It also doesn't hurt that it is cheaper.

Let the comments begin.

 

[gryeyes]

I use it ONLY as one of three layers of fencing in a run (chicken wire, green plastic stuff, hardware cloth). The chicken wire is 6 ft tall, the green plastic is 4 ft tall, and the hardware cloth is 1 ft out in an apron on the ground and the other 2 ft up the fence.

I also use it for temporary fencing inside the run, to separate grow out coops from main coop when integrating new birds into the flock.

Other than that, it's useless against dogs or other clawed predators.

 

[stacyh35]

I'm using the green fencing for the top of the run to prevent the predator birds from getting in.

 

[Kbagwell1]

Our whole run is the plastic stuff....although we did just hear that it is known to dry rot quickly. The guy who told us said he replaces his every 6 months...give or take a few. I live in GA and he lives in SC. Hope this helps! And yes, it is ALOT cheaper!

 

[debid]

My parents use it to keep the chickens out of their garden. Works great for that.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

As long as you realize it will NOT keep anything OUT, it's fine to use.

Just don't be surprised when the first predator that comes along goes right through it

 

[elmo]

Quote:
Agree. Anything that has teeth will be through the plastic in less time than it takes to say "I lost all my chickens to a predator last night."

 

[patandchickens]

What they said. It is not even remotely predatorproof, to any degree at all. As long as it is inside OTHER actually-predatorproof fencing, or you are just using it as a hawk-and-chicken-proof 'top' to the run but will lock your chickens indoors by dusk (and accept the small but nonzero risk of daytime raccoons), then sure. But to make your run *out of*, you'd just be feeding the local wildlife.

GOod luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[crossgirl]

We're using it temporarily on the top of our run. It's very flexible and tears easily we just happened to have some leftover from another project.

 

[JudyK]

I bought a roll of poultry netting 7' X 100' to make a bigger temporary run area for the chickens when I'm nearby. I started putting it up, but then took it down because I was afraid they may get caught in it. Has this happened to anyone?