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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 6387266" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>Are they seeing it alright?</p><p>I guess if they are making a calculated attempt to run through it, then that's a yes, but first off I would use a tape for the middle strand in your fence. Tape is much more visible, and it moves in a breeze which is quite offputting to sheep... especially if you have a twist in it.</p><p></p><p>I have some old faded orange poly and it is hard enough to see in daylight, so the odd one would stumble through it and get a belt for a start, especially these hoggs who had never seen an electric fence!</p><p></p><p>However repeat offenders need to leave, however good a sheep is; if they don't fit your system, conform to mob rule, then you're farting against thunder. They will simply lead the mob unto temptation.</p><p></p><p>Regular shifting, on foot, soon helps to emphasise the importance to them of remaining "in the mob" as opposed to outside it, doing their own thing. </p><p>Any fencers here get put on the lane for a day or two, watching their mates eating through a netting fence soon seems to get through their thick heads to wait for me!</p><p></p><p>I use 3 wires now, because I have the electric fence switched off and keep them on the trot, so to speak. </p><p>"Brute force" shouldn't really be necessary, IMO of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 6387266, member: 63856"] Are they seeing it alright? I guess if they are making a calculated attempt to run through it, then that's a yes, but first off I would use a tape for the middle strand in your fence. Tape is much more visible, and it moves in a breeze which is quite offputting to sheep... especially if you have a twist in it. I have some old faded orange poly and it is hard enough to see in daylight, so the odd one would stumble through it and get a belt for a start, especially these hoggs who had never seen an electric fence! However repeat offenders need to leave, however good a sheep is; if they don't fit your system, conform to mob rule, then you're farting against thunder. They will simply lead the mob unto temptation. Regular shifting, on foot, soon helps to emphasise the importance to them of remaining "in the mob" as opposed to outside it, doing their own thing. Any fencers here get put on the lane for a day or two, watching their mates eating through a netting fence soon seems to get through their thick heads to wait for me! I use 3 wires now, because I have the electric fence switched off and keep them on the trot, so to speak. "Brute force" shouldn't really be necessary, IMO of course. [/QUOTE]
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