tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post2378968554110320308..comments2023-09-29T18:37:14.377+10:00Comments on Eight Acres: Electric fencing for beginnersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-57946605715099473922013-04-23T08:07:56.412+10:002013-04-23T08:07:56.412+10:00Great post on this subject from Fiona http://lifea...Great post on this subject from Fiona http://lifeatarbordalefarm.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/pasture-management.html, love the homemade spikes!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-87602496226529670182013-04-23T08:06:49.136+10:002013-04-23T08:06:49.136+10:00thanks Gill, that's a good tip. We have storm...thanks Gill, that's a good tip. We have storms, but have never thought about lightning, probably something we should install....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-89388439266383404912013-04-23T08:05:25.898+10:002013-04-23T08:05:25.898+10:00Depending on the weather, a large bovine will drin...Depending on the weather, a large bovine will drink up to 100L/day (http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/96273/water-requirements-for-sheep-and-cattle.pdf). Bella will suck down a 10L bucket like its a shot glass. On our smaller property we have a system of troughs, polypipe and a dam pump, we move the troughs to where the cattle are and keep them topped up about once a week. On the larger property, we rely on dams. The easiest way (and this can be done with a trough too) is to fence the cattle in near the water source and gradually move the fence away from the water to give the cattle more feed. They won't spend much time near the water except to drink, and will go back out to the new feed to eat. Its not ideal, but its a solution until you can set up a more complex water system. I'll write more about this soon, but I hope that gets you started.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-15257178605050457252013-04-16T23:42:21.645+10:002013-04-16T23:42:21.645+10:00I have just posted about fencing too. With all th...I have just posted about fencing too. With all the rain ant the rate of grass growth strip grazing is working really well for us. We use the electric fence to keep Jessie in the house yard and away from the chickens. Sadly she wants to chase them and it would not end well.Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-52927937997289488532013-04-16T02:43:59.909+10:002013-04-16T02:43:59.909+10:00Hi;
I have been using electric for 13 years now an...Hi;<br />I have been using electric for 13 years now and have had good results other than with goats, they just seem not to care when they want out. I use both the battery charger and the kind that plugs into house current. We have nasty electrical storms so I put a lightning arrester near the charger and run it to a good ground (earth) connection. I made one myself, the idea is that there is a ground wire going up to the main fence wire with a small gap. When a large charge from lightning hits, it will go the quickest way to ground and jump the gap. <br />Our single tape will hold a draft horse that could easily take down any wire fence, it is a quite effective system. Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-82637655543699147592013-04-15T20:52:48.818+10:002013-04-15T20:52:48.818+10:00Thanks so much for this. Your post comes at a very...Thanks so much for this. Your post comes at a very handy time as I am looking at setting up smaller paddocks for strip/cell grazing ( there are so many competing terms for much the same thing). I am going to rest up the first big paddock over winter and let the grasses flower in spring and then I am off and running hopefully with portable electric fencing but with sheep not cattle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547410700199878385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-32632380654626262372013-04-15T09:43:02.829+10:002013-04-15T09:43:02.829+10:00Hi Liz, thank you very much for the info, were cur...Hi Liz, thank you very much for the info, were currently looking at introducing cattle to our paddocks with strip grazing, but have been putting it off because of the cost of fencing. Another thing we struggle with is how to get drinking water into these your flexible paddocks, i've been told cattle needs a lot of it. How do you this?<br />Thanks!<br />Cheers, MarijkeMarijkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577363925336203716noreply@blogger.com