Posted by Buzzman72 on May 04, 2012 at 22:16:14 from (74.129.196.127):
In Reply to: Horse fencing??? posted by buickanddeere on May 04, 2012 at 16:13:04:
If you insist on keeping the barbed wire, keep a healthy supply of Wound Kote gentian violet medicine around; horses seem to somehow keep getting into the barbed wire and cutting themselves to ribbons.
My grandfather got rid of the barbed wire when he got out of the cattle business and replaced all his fences with 2-strand electric [smooth wire]. Bottom wire was at about 2' off the ground, with top strand at about 4'. [Not sure how that would work with 2' snow drifts.] The bottom wire kept the horses from going under the fence, and they never tried to go over the top strand. With new fences or new foals, Grand-dad would tie about 12" strips of white cloth to the wire about halfway between the posts, so that the horses would figure out that the fence was there.
And going cheap of a fence charger is a good way to get practice building fence. Buy a good charger, and keep the weeds off the fence, so they don't ground it out.
The two-strand electric was considerably cheaper than the 2x4 "horse fence", and you can use any kind of post that will hold an insulator, from wood to metal T-posts to whatever you can hook an insulator to.
Not saying that's the ONLY way to go, or even the BEST way to go. That's simply what my family did, and it worked for years. Your mileage may vary, etc., etc...
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