Re: OT - Electric fencing in rotational grazing

Posted by jdemaris on April 05, 2007 at 12:25:55 from (69.67.231.50):

In Reply to: OT - Electric fencing in rotational grazing posted by CB in central NY on April 05, 2007 at 11:11:59:

My experience has differed from what Coloken posted. I'm in central New York - Otsego Co. The grounding, to a degree, is dependent on soil moisture and soil-mineral makeup. I can't comment much on any Colorado soil, can't even comment on other parts of New York. Soil minerals can vary just a mile away. I've got some fields here that need many grounds, and sone that usually don't need any except for the one where the charger is.
In some of my pastures, I need several ground rods. If I don't, when dry weather comes in mid-summer (well, sometimes it does), the grounds get poor.
In regard to portable fencing - I guess it depends what kind of animals also. I fence goats - and they are tougher to keep in than cows or horses (at least any I've had). I no longer depend just on a good ground-rod system. I Run a ground wire strand, parallel 8" from the hot wire
strand or strands. The amount all depends on how tall, or how high the animals can jump. The idea is - just have it where the animal is likely to contact it - at the same time as a hot wire. Again - with goats - it's not always so easy. They constantly develop new strategies for breaking-out.

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• Re: OT - Electric fencing in rotational grazing Coloken 12:57:57 04/05/07 (0)

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