Re: electric Fence

Posted by sammyd on December 30, 2006 at 04:30:00 from (4.143.182.180):

In Reply to: electric Fence posted by Sam (Mo) on December 29, 2006 at 17:01:03:

Barbed wire shouldn't be a problem for cows or even pigs. I have heard that horses (which are pretty stupid IMO) might rear up and come down amongst the wires and get torn up. Cows will either respect it or just charge right through.
Pigs will respect it unless it's too tall and they can walk under it.
Goats will go over or under it so you need at least 4 wires for them.

We used 5 strands of B/W for the dairy herd feedlot strung on wooden posts, no insulators. Worked fine.
Lately I've been only using 3 strands of B/W for the heifer pasture line fence and 2 strands of good non barbed stuff on plastic posts for dividing it up.
As long as you keep the stuff hot and ungrounded most animals will respect electric fence made of either wire.
Let it get grounded or let the animals go hungry and you're asking for trouble.

And even if you get a "weed burner" fencer make sure to walk the fence regularly with an old corn knife or something. Sometimes thistles or burdock won't burn off.

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