Free Range Chicken Fence

With a maximum of 20 chickens in a 1 3 acre fenced yard green vegetation covers the ground.

Free range chicken fence.

I have found that the best way of containing free range. I recommend the same to keep bantams inside the yard so they can free range. But if i had 200 chickens in the same area the ground would be bare and this would not be limited free range. Make the protection of your chickens your number one priority because chickens have little means of protecting themselves.

If you re looking for some chicken fencing to use in your backyard the new omlet chicken fencing is a great choice. Marys free range chickens are from the pitman family farm. An experienced pasture raised poultry expert robert plamondon shares his thoughts on the best methods of keeping free range chickens. I used extra materials like posts because i also built a retaining wall as part of the fence to incorporate a raised picnic area and viewing platform overlooing chicken park.

Galvanised gate for my chicken ducks free range dog free area image above materials used. It is common sense to protect your free ranging chickens with a perimeter fence as a first line of defense against predators. Can chickens fly over a 4 foot fence. It would just be a bare overcrowded run.

Background historically free range in poultry meant that the chickens were either totally unfenced or were kept in a field so large that the fences had little effect on their movement. A fence to keep chickens in has to be 6 foot or 1 8 metres high. The new and improved fencing blends into your backyard and is available as a 12 21 32 42 meter roll. Chickens can easily get over a four foot fence with the possible exception of the silkie and my orpingtons.

The amount of materials used will naturally differ between sites and projects. Fencing also functions as protection especially in free range chicken gardens.