i want to know if you can use fruit cage netting to seprate runs looks like i have probelms with some or all of my girls and i really need to get 2 sections split down so they are smaller and i have run out of wire so would fruit cage netting be ok if its done tight enough so the girls cant get caught up in it , i've already had to have a move around of who sleeps where which has stressed the girls out but blame the 2 broody bantams as i really wanted them to hatch eggs { ordered in for tuesday } in the rabbit hutch but unless i actully locked them in there they were not happy and came blasting out all hufed and moaning as chickens do so i put them back into thier normal house and they sat on the non fertile eggs without any stress or noise and where quite happy but those that have had to move into the rabbit hutch were not happy i know some have said dont hatch but i cant help it and its cheaper to hatch the breed i would like then to buy them as they aint cheap its a long story and this is really anoying me now or i'm more upset to tell you the truth ,
can you use fruit cage netting
- Thread starter karminski
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In most cases it's cheaper to buy them rather than rear them. Most breeders underestimate what it actually costs to rear them.
Plastic netting is OK for the top half i.e. three foot wire at the bottom and the rest in plastic to the top. They tend to get caught up in it if you use it on the lower half and if they do, it can tear.Where ever you set them on eggs, the instinct is to go back to their own nest so you have to shut them where you want them to stay.
Plastic netting is OK for the top half i.e. three foot wire at the bottom and the rest in plastic to the top. They tend to get caught up in it if you use it on the lower half and if they do, it can tear.Where ever you set them on eggs, the instinct is to go back to their own nest so you have to shut them where you want them to stay.
thats the reason why i asked before i done anything as i would fear they would get caught up in it and not only tear it but hurt themselves as well ,they are giving me enough grieve at the mo without that so think it might be best to wait until next week when i can get the wire .
p.s i dont think rearing chicks is expensive but then again i am only doing 6 eggs and thats if they all hatch my first time hatching 6 eggs a few years ago only 2 made it as the other eggs were not fertile and last year was just a bad year so really this is only my second time trying .
p.s i dont think rearing chicks is expensive but then again i am only doing 6 eggs and thats if they all hatch my first time hatching 6 eggs a few years ago only 2 made it as the other eggs were not fertile and last year was just a bad year so really this is only my second time trying .
chrismahon
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I found the cost of getting pullets to POL was £15 each Karminski. That assumed cockerels removed when they showed, but we reared them on and that wasn't included. The electricity cost nearly as much as the feed, because we didn't have electric hens. I included capital depreciation costs (what it cost new and was worth afterwards) as all the equipment and runs and coops cost over £600, but we did hatch 46 in 7 batches.
Of course the next lot will be cheaper, but I can't see us getting below £10.
I wouldn't use garden netting at ground level as I'm sure they would tangle in it.
Of course the next lot will be cheaper, but I can't see us getting below £10.
I wouldn't use garden netting at ground level as I'm sure they would tangle in it.
thing is dont really have anywhere near me that breed and sell and who is good and reiable so its easier for me to stick some eggs under a broody , my nearest place that sounds good is about 30 mins drive away and his birds were £20 onwards for pol.
Some breeders will sell growers or older chicks that can be sexed, less expensive than POL, and you don't have the worry and waste of what to do with the cockerels.
if the eggs do hatch and i have cockerals then they wil be culled if a friend doesnt take them on as hes done in the past , in time i will get pol or younger already sexed birds but not until all my large birds have gone as in time i only want small bantams anyway well thats the plan but that could all change . :lol:
