The pen constructed just today is a two strand affair on 3 sides. The strands are spaced approximately 10" and 26" from the ground. The bottom one intended for hogs and the top intend for cows. On the fourth side, there is a single strand of poly wire ~ 10" off the ground and backed with net wire. The dimensions of the new pen is 110' x 35' for a total area of 3,850 square feet (dern hogs have a bigger house than me!). The fence is running right at 12 kV and was tested with good effect as soon as the hogs were placed in the pen. The approached it extremely tentatively. It's like they were saying, "Hey, that there little yellow stringy thingy looks kinda like, but not exactly like that other stuff that used to bite me so hard. I wonder? If I were to just geeeeeeeently touch it with my nose what would hap YOW!!!!! Damn, that HURTED me on my nose bone!"
There are three saw tooth oaks that are either entirely or mostly contained within the area of the pen. The pen was placed in its present location because the trees have recently started dropping their mast. Additionally, one of Youngblood's garden spots is just uphill so all of the excess production from things like his tomatoes can be easily tossed over to add to the variety of their diet. (FYI, it's those same tomatoes that he once again planted too close to a black walnut tree and that have, once again, made a bumper crop.)
The garden spot and the pen are both contained in a much larger, ten acre cow pasture that is bordered on all sides by a net wire fence. My next project is to add a strand or two of electrical fencing to this larger fence to accommodate a future expansion of existing operations.
Here's the question: Is the fence, thus described, shocking to the sensibilities of the more experienced electric fencers among us or does it sound like a viable set up?
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