I use 10 strand barb wire fences. The bottom wire is
in the dirt, the next 6 are about 3 inches apart, then
6 inches apart from there on up. The barbs are the 4
prong. Nothing goes in or out, nothing tries to go
through it. It wasn't cheap, but neither is what I'm
trying to keep in.
I take that back, an 84 Ford Taurus tried to go
through it last month, although it was stopped by a
t-post. ;)
I will never use field fencing again. Don't guess it's
much of a problem for folks with straight polled
stock, but the first time you come home to find your
best one got his head stuck in the fence and some
passing dogs ripped his's throat out, will be the last
time you buy the junk. It breaks, it warps, it sags,
and generally looks like crap after a few years. Pass
too close with the brush hog and you rip the whole
thing to shreds. (that might just be me though) Babies
go through the squares without a second thought.
After three months of 110F heat and no rain, I can
grab the hot fence and not get zapped. The ground is
too dry to conduct the charge, so it's only reliable
from say, November through March for me. I grounded
the tar out of it, no good. I also have a few who will
take a whopper of a zap for the opportunity to
decimate the nearest neighbor's rose beds.
My Border Collie can climb the "no climb" fencing...
she did it every time I turned my back when I made the
dog kennels out of it. *scowl*
So far my Barbados have proven to be a LOT easier to
keep fenced in than my goats.
Krista
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