[bills_m]

Hi, my garden is in 2 halves, one half concrete and the other half soil. i put the coop on the soil by my fence/wall and tried to keep the chickens on the mud by putting something in line with the coop to the other fence either wth crates or bricks. however they always seem to fly over onto the concrete and sh*t all over it which is a lot more work to clean than when they do it on the soil. looking to make some sort of chicken fence but jus wanted to ask wat i would need ( gardens about 10 metres wide), how high would the fence have to be or is there anything i can try apart from a fence?

i no i rambled on a bit, so if u need more details pls ask thx

[Sassy]

Have you tried clipping their wings? This would have the effect of either making them reluctant to fly or not to be able to get so high. Usually a four foot fence would then suffice but there are always exceptions!

[poppies]

Hi agree with sassy about clipping their wings. my hybrids can clear a 6ft fence easily - they seem to sort of fly up it.