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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 16, 2011, 09:58:13 pm

Title: electric wire or tape to keep foxes out?
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 16, 2011, 09:58:13 pm
sorry to bring this up again but I could do with some advice.

I've made my fence, which is 6ft high chicken wire dug a foot into the ground.  But I want to put some electric barrier around as well, I was thinking 1 strand around the bottom close to ground level one about nose height and then one around the top.

But which is better to use, electric strand wire or the tape?  Would either do the job or is one more suited than the other?

I noticed that molevalley has this on offer, is it suitable?

http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/mvf-20mm-tape-200m0 (http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/mvf-20mm-tape-200m0)

thanks in advance.
Title: Re: electric wire or tape to keep foxes out?
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 16, 2011, 10:01:07 pm
oh and one more thing, for 250 metres of wire what power battery and energizer would I need?  Can't run it off mains.
Title: Re: electric wire or tape to keep foxes out?
Post by: Beewyched on June 16, 2011, 10:20:39 pm
The price on the tape isn't too bad - we pay £22.00 for a 400m roll, but can't remember where from at the mo.  We also use battery-powered energisers.  Think we discussed this on the Pig Forum a month or 2 ago - if you can search for it, I think the thread was started by HappyHippy.

Apparently bunches of male, human hair is supposed to be off-putting to foxes, as is male urine (not necessarily directly applied  ;) ) & male dog wee (probably better applied directly  :D )
HTH
Title: Re: electric wire or tape to keep foxes out?
Post by: Plantoid on June 16, 2011, 11:45:28 pm
Quote from: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 16, 2011, 09:58:13 pm
sorry to bring this up again but I could do with some advice.

I've made my fence, which is 6ft high chicken wire dug a foot into the ground.  But I want to put some electric barrier around as well, I was thinking 1 strand around the bottom close to ground level one about nose height and then one around the top.

But which is better to use, electric strand wire or the tape?  Would either do the job or is one more suited than the other?

I noticed that molevalley has this on offer, is it suitable?

http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/mvf-20mm-tape-200m0 (http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/mvf-20mm-tape-200m0)

thanks in advance.

 Have a look on ebay prices are a bit cheaper ..clag in electric fence

Wrt what you use  what is cheapest and use wood sticks knocked in the ground with plastic insulators perhaps two strands some 100 mm off the ground and one 300 mm up.. you'll have to weed kill the ground to stop electrical shorts to earth through growing vegetation