Posted by notjustair on August 07, 2016 at 07:08:49 from (70.195.9.196):
In Reply to: Pigs and poly rope posted by Bkpigs on August 06, 2016 at 21:24:53:
I've raised hogs farrow to finish for many years. Two weeks ago I sent every pig on down the road. I've never been more relieved. That's another story.
The only time I ever had luck with hot wire hogs was sows after weaning litters of piglets. Hogs ALWAYS get out. The sows would come back later that day to see their kids. Cattle will get bitten from a fence and learn its boundaries not to test it again for some time. Whether it's intelligence or stupidity, hogs will test it everyday on the off chance that it might be grounded out. If it isn't they will work on it a while and find something they can jam in it. Then they will con the littlest one into checking to see if it is still live. When he gets shocked they will all act surprised and run around like a fire drill. Then they work on it 10 minutes and see if they can con runt into testing it again. Usually they can. I think they tell them it will help him grow or be in the "in" crowd. Hog peer pressure. My ham is better than your ham kind of thing.
If you are set on it I would start by ringing EVERY nose on the place then I would run a hot wire eight inches up about a foot in from the perimeter fence. Of course that means you have to Roundup or weed whip the perimeter. Hogs are a unique bunch - a wire a few inches off the ground keeps them in if it stays hot. They don't have a "jump over it" gene and won't lift their head to look up if they are intent on it.
Let them out there each day and pull them at night. I've had the best luck doing it this way. They are like dogs - after about three days they know when you come and call them it is time to come in. Night is the witching hour for hogs. If they are in a hot wire over night they WILL find a way out. Then your neighbors will do that thing where they sigh before they talk to you - like you are operating a hospital for lepers out behind the barn. Unless they want a free ham.
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