NoShock™ Hen Pen
Product Details
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A lightweight, non-electrified net enclosure for chickens and other poultry. Best when used as a monitored day pen for adult birds and chicks. Allows you to move your flock to fresh grass quickly and easily. Features a built-in step-through gate.
Because this fence cannot be electrified, we recommend that you move your birds to a safe, secure location at night. NoShock™ Hen Pen will NOT stop predators.
For protection from predators, look to Shock-Or-Not™ Poultry Fence which can also be used a day pen for young birds.
Instructions/Diagrams:
Assembly Instructions 
Benefits
- Keep supervised free-range flocks out of flower beds, gardens, patios, roadways, etc. Great for folks with backyard chickens.
- Keep in chicks and ducklings when they are too small to be contained by PoultryNet®.
- Install around the garden to put ducks on “slug-patrol”.
Poultry Net Fences Compared
| NoShock™ Hen Pen |
PoultryNet® Plus 12/48/3 |
Shock-Or-Not™ Poultry Fence |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Can be electrified? | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Stops predators? | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Effective for chicks? | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Time to install/remove? | 30 min | 10 min | 10 min |
Specs
- 48" tall installed
- Black nylon mesh
- Lower 16" of netting has small 1.75" spacings to reduce the likelihood of chicks escaping the paddock (compared to 2"x3" spacings on electrifiable PoultryNet)
- Upper 32" of netting has larger 4" spacings
- Fiberglass posts (1/2" dia.) are exceptionally stiff and feature offset double spikes: 4.5" and 3". Posts are NOT pre-installed.
- Step-through gate hardware is included
- Available in two lengths:
- 39 ft length—includes 6 double spike support posts, step-through gate, 4 corner tie backs and 16 tie-down stakes (used to anchor net)
- 68 ft length—includes 10 double spike support posts, step-through gate, 4 tie backs, and 24 tie-down stakes
How to Install
Installation Tips
- Before installing line posts, stretch the net out in an open area. For best results, ensure posts are woven through the mesh using the same vertical columns.
- The white post caps come detached to allow you to easily weave the line posts into the net without snagging. If desired, an acrylic adhesive can be used to permanently secure them to the post.
- Many find building a circular pen easier than creating a square or rectangular space. Why? Because measured post spacings are not as critical. To begin, secure the first and last post together. Then create a small circular enclosure with the remaining posts. Progressively expand the circular area outward to add tension. For more support when using a circular enclosure, position the posts so the double-spike faces inward.
- When moving the pen, or for storage, walk along the fence, removing the posts from the soil and holding them in your hand in a tidy bundle. This allows the loose netting to fold together into pleats. After all posts have been collected, lay the netting onto the ground and roll up the folds towards the bundle of posts. (This “fold and then roll” process is very similar to our electrifiable nets.)
Consult the assembly instructions (linked above) for additional information.
Precautions
For flighty birds, clip their flight feathers on one wing to prevent escape.
Rabbits, chipmunks, mice and other small critters may chew through the nonelectrified strings of the HenPen causing damage to the fence.
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Poultry Supplies
Line Posts for NoShock Hen Pen
Item #209032 -Genuine Premier 1 REPLACEMENT PARTS for the NoShock Hen Pen.
$2.98 -
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Docking Post for NoShock Hen Pen
Item #209033 -Genuine Premier 1 REPLACEMENT PARTS for the NoShock Hen Pen.
$4.25 -
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Dock for NoShock Hen Pen
Item #209034 -Genuine Premier 1 REPLACEMENT PARTS for the NoShock Hen Pen.
$4.50 -
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Package of (4-Tie Backs/16-Tie Downs) for NoShock Hen Pen
Item #209035 -Genuine Premier 1 REPLACEMENT PARTS for the NoShock Hen Pen.
$2.58 -
Poultry Supplies
Top Cap for NoShock™ Hen Pen, each
Item #209036 -Genuine Premier 1 REPLACEMENT PARTS for the NoShock Hen Pen.
$0.50
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Amanda S from California
Does not work for our ground. Prongs bent. Hard to get in the ground. Easily tangled. Would not recommend.
Michelle M from Tennessee
Works great! I have five Ameraucana hens, one leghorn hen, and one leghorn rooster, and it keeps them all in and looks great in our backyard! I love that you can barely see it, and the girls (and boy) can look out and get any bugs that come through. I use it straight across in a line since I have a porch and fences on the other three sides as barriers. It did come down in the very hard rain (like monsoon!) we just had since the ground got so soggy, but that can easily be fixed for next time by using stakes with ties. Honestly not that big a deal. Best decision for our chickens ever!!!
Jessica H from North Carolina
I love this fence so much I bought 2. It took a little trial and error in the beginning to figure out exactly how to put it together, but once I got the hand of it, it was pretty easy. I was able to put all 68 feet up by myself in under 2 hours.
I have installed my fence in a straight line instead of a circle because of how my run is situated. I secured the posts to a chain-link fence with zipties on each end and it works perfectly for my needs. The chickens don’t escape and we’re all happier that they have more room to roam.
The second fence (39 ft) I used to replace a makeshift fence I had been using and was able to trim it to the size I needed and used the remainder of the fencing to block off my compost pit while still being able to open it up when needed for me to access, but my fluffies can’t get in there and eat all things they shouldn’t.
Couldn’t love this fence more!
Pamela R from California
I bought this as a cheaper alternative to electric netting (my hens are locked in at night). Oh boy it was so much work to assemble and is not super easy to move. For a little more I’d stick to the electric fence.
Michelle G from Wisconsin
We love this enclosure for our hens while we are out with them providing supervision. Easy for the two of us to install and I am able to move locations by myself as needed.
