Electrified woven wire fencing. Fiberglass fence posts attached to the weave and the whole shabang weighs about 60 lbs. This is my kind of fence, folks. ;)
I had always wanted to try this kind of fencing out, but never had the money to do so. Then, a few weeks ago I saw an ad on Craigslist for 150' of fencing and the seller was open to trades.
Thirty minutes later, the ad was taken down and I was the soon-to-be new owner of some electrified woven wire. The seller even threw in a dozen extra fiberglass fence posts for no extra charge. The total cost? One Thanksgiving turkey for him and his family. I love bartering.
I finally got the fencing yesterday (it wasn't exactly in my neighborhood) and put a little bit of the fencing up today just to get a feel for it, and to keep the goats out of the pasture that the broilers are in. It's not on, or even hooked up to the charger but already I like it. The goats are respecting the boundary really well (wasn't sure how Heidi would do...), and I grinned as I watched Poppet futilely try to squeeze through the tiny weave. Payback time, Dwarf. LOL. I'll be setting this up around the perimeter of our un-fenced pasture soon which will give me double the grazing space that I've had for the last 4-5 years. I'm looking forward to doing some serious rotational grazing with the goats/cows!!
Does anyone else use this kind of fencing? What do you like and/or not like about it?
8 comments:
What don't I like about my electric fence? Probably opening and closeing the 'gate' and keeping the grass real short. I don't think you would need to worry too much about keeping the grass short, because I use mine to keep chickens in and coons and such out. Otherwise? I LOVE it!!
I have the 'double spike', makes it easier when the ground is hard.
Tasha
Oh! I just posted as my sister. Her blog was open. oops.
fencing is exciting! your cow is sooo sweet looking, breed???
Hey I nominated you for an award :) http://domesteading.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/sunshine-award/
Why thank you Domesteading!!! :D I am tickled pink about the award!!
Sarah, my little heifer is a Guernsey/Jersey cross! Ain't she a doll? ;)
I am very interested in this kind of fence too. Do you know who made the one you found on Craigs List? I have heard good things about Premier Fencing's movable electric fence. Keep us posted on how you like it.
Heather in PA
I found it's great for keeping our Saanen/Alpine crosses in. My only complaint is that on ours I wish the fence poles were a little stiffer and had foot pegs to push into the ground since we've got some hard packed dirt around our yard.
Nicole, that's my only complaint too! I end up searching for a soft piece of ground to stick my poles into since they're rather flimsy and have no foot posts.
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