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LumbrJakMan

01-22-2006 15:08:57




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I am getting ready to Build my First Pig Pen.I plan on having to Piglets in mid April here in New Hampshire . I will build it in the next Month or so, So it will be ready for when the Oinkers get home . I have my own Tractors and Equipment here so it will help Im sure . I was thinking electric fence and I have weater and electric where it will go . Any and All tips are appreciated please!! Thanks

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captaink

01-23-2006 08:31:31




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 Re: OT , But I get good Honest advice here so I ha in reply to LumbrJakMan, 01-22-2006 15:08:57  
My suggestion would be cement under the fence line (like a footing for a building) with fiberglass posts in the concrete. Then use hog panels made of ¼ inch rod that will be attached to the posts in such a way that the cement is a backing for the panels so that the hogs can’t press it out between the posts.

Personally, I have used woven wire with an electric wire about 8” off the ground on the inside. Pigs are curious, so will walk up and “sniff” the wire and get jolted. The only problem is that they will also root piles of dirt up on the wire and short it out so you need a backup like the woven wire.

Pigs and hog manure will destroy everything economically feasible for pens (even steel and concrete) given enough time. Good luck.

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Phlogiston

01-22-2006 17:05:36




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 Re: OT , But I get good Honest advice here so I ha in reply to LumbrJakMan, 01-22-2006 15:08:57  
I forgot to add that the wire needs to be close to the ground otherwise they will dig out.

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Phlogiston

01-22-2006 17:03:03




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 Re: OT , But I get good Honest advice here so I ha in reply to LumbrJakMan, 01-22-2006 15:08:57  
My neighbor kept hogs with an electric fence. After a while you could turn it off because once they got hit a couple times they learned to stay away.

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RustyFarmall

01-22-2006 15:51:54




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 Re: OT , But I get good Honest advice here so I ha in reply to LumbrJakMan, 01-22-2006 15:08:57  
It has been my eperience that an electric fence is not real effective with hogs. I would suggest using the ready made wire fence panels, with a solid wooden post at each end of the panel and two steel posts between the wood posts.



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