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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: thestephens on April 03, 2012, 05:29:36 pm

Title: electric fencing
Post by: thestephens on April 03, 2012, 05:29:36 pm

we dont use electric fencing with our pigs but we were letting them into a fresh field but husband had bales of haylage in so he put electric fencing round the bales to keep the pigs away. When i went to put the pigs in for the night, here was one lonely pig standing in the electric square with the haylage looking very sorry for himself!
It was like a real David Blane moment......a mystery, none of the fencing moved etc!

Title: Re: electric fencing
Post by: JulieS on April 03, 2012, 07:09:36 pm

 :)

When pigs first encounter electric fencing, when they get the first zap, they tend to run straight through the fencing.

Title: Re: electric fencing
Post by: Beewyched on April 10, 2012, 11:08:30 am

Quote from: thestephens on April 03, 2012, 05:29:36 pm

we dont use electric fencing with our pigs but we were letting them into a fresh field but husband had bales of haylage in so he put electric fencing round the bales to keep the pigs away. When i went to put the pigs in for the night, here was one lonely pig standing in the electric square with the haylage looking very sorry for himself!
It was like a real David Blane moment......a mystery, none of the fencing moved etc!

Oh Alison - that's made me chuckle  ;D ;D ;D

 :love: :pig: :love:

Title: Re: electric fencing
Post by: knight_family on April 10, 2012, 11:58:01 am

Made me and the wife smile...