Comments on: Good Fences Make Good Chickens http://riverrest.net/2009/03/01/good-fences-make-good-chickens/ Ideas for Low Impact, Simple Living Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://riverrest.net/2009/03/01/good-fences-make-good-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-230 admin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:36:51 +0000 http://riverrest.net/?p=194#comment-230 Hi Denise, Thanks for the visit. Flying over the top can be a problem unless you weave in long sticks vertically like we did with the fence surrounding the strawberry patch (we rebuilt it last year using bamboo). I have added a photo of that fence to this post. We will however have a problem this year with the main garden fence that we built in the post & rail fashion. It was good enough to keep the older chickens out of the garden last year. We allowed last years chicks to have access to the garden since they didn't create much damage. But, they have learned (as adults) they can fly over the top rail. We will have to figure something out to remedy this. We do not clip wings. Hi Denise,
Thanks for the visit. Flying over the top can be a problem unless you weave in long sticks vertically like we did with the fence surrounding the strawberry patch (we rebuilt it last year using bamboo). I have added a photo of that fence to this post.

We will however have a problem this year with the main garden fence that we built in the post & rail fashion. It was good enough to keep the older chickens out of the garden last year. We allowed last years chicks to have access to the garden since they didn’t create much damage. But, they have learned (as adults) they can fly over the top rail. We will have to figure something out to remedy this. We do not clip wings.

]]> By: denise http://riverrest.net/2009/03/01/good-fences-make-good-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-229 denise Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:06:26 +0000 http://riverrest.net/?p=194#comment-229 what about flying over the top? or do you clip your chickens wings? thank you. what about flying over the top? or do you clip your chickens wings? thank you.

]]> By: Growing Organic Strawberries | Simple Living Lightly on the Earth http://riverrest.net/2009/03/01/good-fences-make-good-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Growing Organic Strawberries | Simple Living Lightly on the Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 15:55:24 +0000 http://riverrest.net/?p=194#comment-54 [...] the creek. Adding compost to the soil we planted them in hills. To keep the chickens out we built a primitive fence around the strawberry patch using sticks and twigs we gathered from the woods (this spring we [...] [...] the creek. Adding compost to the soil we planted them in hills. To keep the chickens out we built a primitive fence around the strawberry patch using sticks and twigs we gathered from the woods (this spring we [...]

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