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Pasture Fence Preference - Barbed Wire or Electric?
andersonjk4:
Hey guys. Looking for opinions on fencing. I recently bought a new house on 5 acres with about half of the 5 acres being pasture. The previous owners had a weak two wire electric fence set up for awhile and then got rid of their animals and removed all of the fence wire after a bull moose took a bunch of it down for them. Anyway, I want to feed out a couple steers next year and need to get the fence back in shape before then. If you were going to fence off a couple acres what would your preference be? Barbed wire, or electric wire? 3 strand, 4 strand? Wood post or t-posts? Also, I have a 9-month old and potentially more children in the future to consider. I am leaning toward a 3 or 4 strand barbed wire with a hot wire around the top. But the previous owners left the electric wire on spools, so I wouldn't have to buy much if any electric wire.
WSU:
I had field fence with a hot wire top and bottom. Then I got a steer that would ignore the hot wire and fence. He paid attention when I electrified a strand of barbed wire. Hot barbed wire is the way to go from my experience and is pretty cheap.
Encore 280:
My neighbor has 5 acres that has 4 strands of hot wire to keep the coyotes away from the sheep and goats. Haven't seen a 'yote around in a long long time. They used to come in and take the babies at night but not anymore. I imagine if the bottom one was hot, that might work. :twocents:
andersonjk4:
--- Quote from: WSU on June 03, 2016, 10:03:23 AM ---I had field fence with a hot wire top and bottom. Then I got a steer that would ignore the hot wire and fence. He paid attention when I electrified a strand of barbed wire. Hot barbed wire is the way to go from my experience and is pretty cheap.
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I've known people with some real stubborn steers. That's why I am leaning toward a real stout 4 strand barbed wire fence with a hot wire along the top.
andersonjk4:
--- Quote from: Encore 280 on June 03, 2016, 10:15:49 AM ---My neighbor has 5 acres that has 4 strands of hot wire to keep the coyotes away from the sheep and goats. Haven't seen a 'yote around in a long long time. They used to come in and take the babies at night but not anymore. I imagine if the bottom one was hot, that might work. :twocents:
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Has 3 strand or 4 strand of hot wire been sufficient for people? I want a long term solution that I am not having to repair every year or having to chase down loose animals.
As of now I don't have any plans of getting anything smaller than weaned cattle, so coyotes aren't much of a concern. And I have 3 bird dogs that would probably appreciate not having a hot wire on the bottom.
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