The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Azzdodd on May 27, 2014, 06:34:15 pm
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Anyone done it before? My weaners all off a sudden decided they no longer want too be trained to the fence and started too dart through.....don't really want to put a stock netting as all my other pigs are trained to electric
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Too risky IMHO - if a pig was to get tangled (esp. a young weaner) it could end up in quite a state - potentially dead if it's a mains fence.
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Have you tried adding another wire to your existing fence? Is the current strong enough?
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It's on every notice on the electric post they were fine with it until 4-5 days ago....my energiser is on full pelt only battery power
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double check the earth, that can affect the zap.
if they do get tangled they can die of heart failure within the hour.
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It's given hell off a zap (I checked) it's seems too be just one bad egg who goes threw then the rest follow!!
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Don't use poultry netting, I used it when we first had pigs before fencing sorted. One of the weaners got caught in it and got totally tied up. Luckily a passing neighbour noticed, I was at work and came in and had to cut it out with a knife, luckily it was ok.