Fences for chicken or not?
Another stupid question perhaps: If I have the fox alarm installed, do I need a fence around the chicken? Anyone has experience playing with and without an enclosure?
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"Sindocat;c-17998016" wrote:
Fences keep chickens from straying. Gates won't necessarily exclude foxes. And while the alarm drives foxes away, I have yet to determine if it responds to foxes in the enclosure or only if they enter the henhouse itself.
Roosters will defend their turf - but can also be killed.
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I agree that a gate won’t keep a fox out. In my experience, the coop alarm only goes off when the fox gets close to it. My gate is a few paces away and it’s not enough of a breach to set off the alarm.
