Hello all, a resident lurker here. I have some questions about fencing as I am ready to start constructing a perimeter fence for my pastures.
I don't have Ron's book yet but wish I did, (will aquire before getting sheep) so my source of information is from Paula Simon's book, Raising Sheep the Modern Way. I have a fence design in mind that consists of T-posts spaced about 15 feet apart with locust poles at corners and gates all strung with 11 strands of gaucho barbed wire. The spacing on the wire would be as follows from the ground up, each additional wire space measured from the previous wire. 1" - 3" - 4" - 4" - 5" - 5" - 6" - 6" - 7" - 7" - 8" This would make the fence 4 feet 8 inches high. This design is a fairly low cost and simple fence compared with other ideas such as electric which I don't want to use for several reasons. My questions are 1 - Will this design keep sheep and goats in? 2 - Will this design keep all predators found in western North Carolina out? 3 - Will this design keep a medium size very intelligent dog in without the dog getting tore up on the fence trying to get out? If the answer to any of these questions is NO, 4 - What suggestions would you make to change the design? 5 - Does anyone have other suggestions? Also, on gates, 6 - Does anyone have any walk through gate designs and also separate drive through gate designs that would also be predator/dog proof that can be made easily on the farm for low cost? Thanks so much, Deborah To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
