The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: rogermunro on February 02, 2010, 04:32:57 pm
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getting ready for 2 weaners got area of 32 m by 10 m putting 9m by 4m concrete slab down . olso telegraf poles 4 corners and a 14ft gate . 3inch 6foot posts every 1.5 m then pig wire with barbed wire on bottom also a water supply . and flood light . wooden ark , does this sound ok ? thanks roger
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Sounds great - when can we move in?
The only thing i might add is a low level electric wire (ribbon) just to keep them back from your lovely fencing. It took 30 seconds for our GOS weaners to pop up the other side of our new fencing! they didn't do it on purpose just nose down and digging along. Since we have had a strip of electric ribbon around the bottom the fence has been fine.
Sal :pig:
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you dont get much better than that!!!!!
i would agree to put the strip of elec wire running along bottom,
we got two running round our pig area, does the job.
like the sound of the telegraph poles!!!!
how did you get em and how you goina put them in.
i wouldnt mind getting my hands on some, it would take
a hek of a pig to buge them!!!!! good luck ;) :pig:
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got poles of mate who has just given up keeping pigs .got diger coming on saturday our ground is well drained and after about 1 foot soil hits stone shale so might dig trench doun to stone and sink fence in other side of pen is a 3 foot dry stone wall witch will be posted digger is coming with augers for poles and posts cheers roger
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impessive ;)
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Sounds good. However would also have a strand of electric wire, our garden fence is full of Hilary shaped holes.