Re: [Blackbelly] Fencing
I am also interested in folks fencing experience. I contacted Premier Fencing in Iowa and they want $600 for two rolls of solar powered electric netting, which is easy to move around. The problem is they want over $150 to ship it here and yet will ship it to anywhere in continental US for free. I'll order it to be sent somewhere in the summer and bring it home on the plane myself. Has anyone used this product? I'm worried about goats getting their horns stuck in it and dying. I de-horn them but seems you'll always end up with a goat with horns. My sheep are now kept inside with hog-wire and T posts. They're very tame though. Aloha a hui hou kaua! (Goodbye until we meet again) Barbara Heavens POB 1869, Kea`au, Hawaii 96749 (808) 968-0814 ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Fencing
I have BB's and goats. The BB's are s easy, at least in my experience. I use 4 ft hogwire with a double strand of barbed wire above it and have never had a problem with the sheep. Now with the goats I have made my pastures into something that resembles FT Knox. But the bb's never ever fight my fence. -Original Message- From: blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of j...@netzero.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:29 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Fencing I am also interested in folks fencing experience. I contacted Premier Fencing in Iowa and they want $600 for two rolls of solar powered electric netting, which is easy to move around. The problem is they want over $150 to ship it here and yet will ship it to anywhere in continental US for free. I'll order it to be sent somewhere in the summer and bring it home on the plane myself. Has anyone used this product? I'm worried about goats getting their horns stuck in it and dying. I de-horn them but seems you'll always end up with a goat with horns. My sheep are now kept inside with hog-wire and T posts. They're very tame though. Aloha a hui hou kaua! (Goodbye until we meet again) Barbara Heavens POB 1869, Kea`au, Hawaii 96749 (808) 968-0814 ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Fencing
I used Premier's electric netting for dividing pasture into internal paddocks and they respected it. Once I was sure where I wanted the fencing, I installed permanent fence using 2x4 field fencing on t-posts (again, this is internal fencing). For external fencing, I really like 6x6 hi-tensile field fencing on t-posts. It keeps its stretch forever (unlike the 2x4 regular field fencing, which sags after 1 year). Most of my internal and external fences are 48 in. high and the sheep have never tried to jump it. Bear in mind that they are never pressured and have no reason to want to jump out. Some of my external fences and a couple internal fences are 6-ft chainlink. This is great for external fences. The internal fences have taken a beating, however. Sheep use them for scratching, and sheep hurl themselves at the fence when panicked. This severely distorts the fence fabric. The aluminum vertical posts lean every which way; they just aren't strong enough to bear up under the sheep push. If you have predators, then your fencing requirements are entirely different. Carol At 10:18 AM 2/26/2009, you wrote: Can you all provide some information on the systems you use, what type of fencing your using, how well it works, etc. ? Carol Elkins Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep (no shear, no dock, no fuss) Pueblo, Colorado http://www.critterhaven.biz ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 5, Issue 34
We use regular cattle wire all around but always make sure that when going to catch work them that we coax them into an area with a cattle panel or higher fence. we don't seem to have much problem. Although from time to time a horn will get caught and we will have to get them out. These ewes normally get into a habit of eating on the other side of the fence since the grass always seems to be greener there! Nancy ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] home for lambs
Thanks to everyone who complemented my pictures of the lambs' birth last week. The last three days have brought three more sets of twins, but they were all born at the more usual time for me -- during the night. Couldn't get more pictures that way! I'll need to find homes for some of these lambs if anyone knows anybody close me looking for lambs or even lambs to bottle feed. Rick Krach Auburn California (530) 355-5144 _ Windows Live™: Discover 10 secrets about the new Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!7540.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_ugc_post_022009 ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
