Ken45101
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When we first started out, we put up barbed wire. We found the horses were using it to scratch their rumps and getting small cuts. That was the only barbed wire we put up and it's gone now.
More and more I'm seeing the need for electrified fence with horses. We keep the horses in a smaller (8 ac) summer pasture to keep them from getting too fat. Well, they keep pushing the non electrified fence over to get to the grass on the other side. We have also had them break the board fence that we have around the house. reaching over to graze.
However, I'm going to heavier wire than the typical light gauge electric fence wire. The deer tore down a section of that and one of the horses apparently got tangled in it and had a deep cut on his knee
Now I'm either using electrified rope or electrified regular smooth wire (two strands of 12 ga wire.) It's a bit more work to put up but lasts a lot longer.
Ken
More and more I'm seeing the need for electrified fence with horses. We keep the horses in a smaller (8 ac) summer pasture to keep them from getting too fat. Well, they keep pushing the non electrified fence over to get to the grass on the other side. We have also had them break the board fence that we have around the house. reaching over to graze.
However, I'm going to heavier wire than the typical light gauge electric fence wire. The deer tore down a section of that and one of the horses apparently got tangled in it and had a deep cut on his knee
Ken