I recently purchased some electric fence and the first strand starts at 7" above the ground and I have one sheep that will take the shock and just slip right under it which shows the rest how to escape so I have had to get creative to stop her. Now I do feel she is a special case because she is my escape artist so other sheep may not be as bad but because of it I would recommend the lowest strand to start at 3" from the bottom.
Tiana On Jul 16, 2015 12:13 PM, "Carol J. Elkins" <celk...@awrittenword.com> wrote: > I often receive calls from people wanting to know what type of fencing is > best for blackbelly sheep. I always tell them that 2x4 or 4x4 48-in.-high > field fencing is preferred. But sometimes they ask what I think about 5-6 > strand electric wire or tape. I have no experience with this type of > fencing but have read that it isn't good for sheep. That may be true for > wooled sheep, but I thought I'd ask you guys if it works for hair sheep. > For those who use this type of fencing, what has been your experience? > > Carol > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
