Building Goat Fence in the Snow - It had to happen

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @practicalsheepman
    @practicalsheepman หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Add O'Brien step in posts to your net fence to raise it above the snow and give it more strength when weighted down with wet heavy snow.

    • @buckwheathollowfarm
      @buckwheathollowfarm  หลายเดือนก่อน

      didn't consider that. how do you raise it at the step in posts on the electronet?

    • @practicalsheepman
      @practicalsheepman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@buckwheathollowfarm There are hooks on the step in posts. Just hook your net to them to raise it to the appropriate height. O'Brien step in posts are available from Kencove. They are quick to ship.

    • @benjaminbrewer2154
      @benjaminbrewer2154 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@practicalsheepmanInteresting idea. Though I would simplify it by moving the second line wire to the top of the post, and let the top wire flop over.
      Going to have to run an offset electric on my neighbors 5 strand barn. My two ladies taught the wethers to crawl under a 10" bottom wire.

    • @practicalsheepman
      @practicalsheepman หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@benjaminbrewer2154 The step in posts are more substantial than the posts in the electro-net. The addition of step in posts could help when the net is weighted down with heavy wet snow or covered with ice. Electro-net doesn't conduct electricity as well as high quality polybraid. I would consider weaving a strand or two of it through your electro-net. Goat are know to be difficult to keep behind fences.

    • @buckwheathollowfarm
      @buckwheathollowfarm  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@practicalsheepman our goats are young but in the 70 to 80 lb range and (so far) the only time they've gotten out of the electronet is when I left the fence off for a day. I'm hoping that continues but we're still very new and inexperienced (and only 16 goats). Either way, with six wires of high tensile with the timeless I'm hoping that we have success with 5-6k volts. I'll put them in electronet within fenced pastures for rotational grazing during spring/summer/fall.
      The electronet fence that I have is connected on the bottom strand to the metal of the step in post.. I'd have to remove each of those to lift the fence up during snow and then put them back on after. If we have a bigger snow, I may give it a shot, but hopefully I'll get the perimeter high tensile up and just turn off the lower wires during snow.