The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: devonlady on December 17, 2014, 10:11:40 am
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Any tips on how to prevent pigs from lifting gates off their hinges?
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Baler twine and/or snappy cords. Or both.
Baler twine around the hingey posty thingies to stop the round-overs being able to come off the posty-sticky-uppies. Snappy cords to secure the upper end of the opening end to a chunky staple bashed into the post there.
(Sorry, having one of those mornings when I have to describe what things do, their names having temporarily escaped me.)
And if that doesn't work, barbed wire wrapped around the bottom rung :o
All of the above for naughty native ponies too, except the last straw barbed wire has to be along the top bar. And some thick-skinned ones will still think that makes nice Stratch-Mes ::)
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My kind of language, Sally! Am off to that now ;D Can't use/ dislike barbed wire because of whippets. Will report back :)
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In our pig fields we used one hinge upside down this prevented them fom being lifted off by pigs, you could use a steel wedge and bang it over the top of the hingepin again stopping them being able to lift off the gate.
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Or put a padlock through the hole in the top of the hinge pin. Adds a bit of security and easy to remove if you need to.
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Or put a padlock through the hole in the top of the hinge pin. Adds a bit of security and easy to remove if you need to.
or even a nail bent in place.
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Put the hinges on upside down.
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Have done Sally's thingy so will see how it goes.
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Aye the simple way is to invert the hinges.
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Thank you all. I have one diminutive Kunekune sow who every three weeks takes out four metal gates to moon over my neighbour's boar. He's a Large White and behind an electric fence so they can't even have a snog :(
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DL ,
Apparently your small holding world is suffering due to a lady's raging hormones . It could be worth while logging the urges so if you do want to breed her you'll have a rough fertility cycle to hand to enable you to plan ahead
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I'll give her hormones!!! She is an old sow and her breeding days are over, she's done me proud over the years. I am using all the tips given and may have to resort to bromide ;D
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Upside down gate hinges is also a good security measure :sunshine:
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Drill hole through lower hinge-pin and use split ring or any old nail to secure.
Quick, simple, cheap.
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I'll give her hormones!!! She is an old sow and her breeding days are over, she's done me proud over the years. I am using all the tips given and may have to resort to bromide ;D
We have a ten year old boar been firing blanks for years but who still thinks hes jack the lad, he likes to go to the gilt pens and have a cheeky smooch with the young 'uns thro the fence, dirty old man!!! Its all in his mind, he'd probably have a heart attack if he tried bless! :love:
Mandy :pig: