electric sheep netting

eorna

anyone here ever used them orange sheep netting?any problems (apart of price) are they any good?? want to divide a field temporarily..i tried strand of wire before and never had much success specially now with lambs i thought netting should be quick to set up..i could put post and cheap wire instead but will cost me the same and much more work setting and unsetting up..

farming93

Was going to buy some of that orange wire last year but was told by a neighbour it is nothing but a nuisance to fold back up. Instead I want for three strands of the temporary electric wire, I then walked the sheep up to it and had someone on the otherside to prevent them just running straight through it, after one or two of them put their head to it and got shocked the whole flock soon got the message and ran back away from the fence :cool:

WellKiiid??

Dont buy it!! Its hard to keep current in it as there is so much places where it can earth! All that happened was lambs had it pulled around the field several times and sheep got out! Lost one lamb too was caught in it too long!! I would also suggest strands of wire!

eorna

would 3 strands of wire keep ewes and lambs out and how close apart would you set them?? i would think more like 5 strands myself but don't really know..

farming93

If the lambs are 6 weeks plus it should work. I did three strands because I had so much of the field to do but if you dont have much of an area to cover or have plenty of the roll left you should do 4/5 just to be on the safe side. The top strand for me was two and a half foot (my sheep didnt bother to jump it), and the other two strands were kept to the the bottom keg and the third or fourth keg(depending on the age of the lambs) of them three foot elctric poles. Remember to keep the strands of electric fencing as tight as possible!

Username John

Hi Eorna,

How are you doing?

I had the same dilemma as you last year, and the sheep netting was too expensive (as I would have had to buy about 10 rolls nearly)

I got very good advice in this thread at the time - here

I started with 3 strands, and to be honest 3 strands is best. But once they get used to it, 2 strands is ok.
I used both the light wire, and polywire... The white stakes aren't that cheap, but I guess they're handy... I bought a good few of em, but for the fences I wont be moving that much, I wont buy any more, will just use timber and insulators.

I have one or two ewes that jump the 2 strands, and take a few lambs with them, but for the most part, it works good enough (for me anyways)

EDIT : Just on the cost front. I think the plastic posts are about 2.50 each, and wire is about 10euro/100 metres (poly wire is cheaper, not sure of the price tho), so for 3 strands + plastic post every 4 metres, it would be about 0.9-1euro/metre... What price does the netting come in at?

See pics below

eorna

thanks for that UJ, great to see the pictures...the netting works at 100 euro/50 meters...i am generally not hearing great reports about it (alot of earthing issues..)
the division i want to do is to add bit of ground to my silage ground so there will be silage at the other side so might have to go with 2-3 more strands to be sure..have the poliwire so it's just a matter to get a few white stakes and will put a few timber ones to make sure i have enough tension in it...
the 4-5 strands will work cheaper for me and less labour which is as important
will give it a shot anyways

Bullocks

Are you using mains for the power or is a battery fencer good enough for sheep ?

Username John

Bullocks wrote: »

Are you using mains for the power or is a battery fencer good enough for sheep ?

I use mains, and the stronger output for the fencer, as I find it can earth fierce easy, and a good belt won't do the sheep or lambs any harm...

Bullocks

Username John wrote: »

I use mains, and the stronger output for the fencer, as I find it can earth fierce easy, and a good belt won't do the sheep or lambs any harm...

Good man John with the quick reply I Have my mains gone to the home place but ill either buy a mains or battery fencer this morning. I am dubious about the battery fencer being good enough but if it would work it would be handy for a couple of out lying bits of ground that i could get the sheep to skin . Thanks

Username John

Bullocks wrote: »

Good man John with the quick reply I Have my mains gone to the home place but ill either buy a mains or battery fencer this morning. I am dubious about the battery fencer being good enough but if it would work it would be handy for a couple of out lying bits of ground that i could get the sheep to skin . Thanks

I dunno, it might do.
I am basing my experience on an old battery fencer, that gave a poor shock, and you'd be full time putting batteries in it

This is my view this morning, 3 strands poly wire seems to be holding em... So far....

Bullocks

Username John wrote: »

I dunno, it might do.
I am basing my experience on an old battery fencer, that gave a poor shock, and you'd be full time putting batteries in it

This is my view this morning, 3 strands poly wire seems to be holding em... So far....

2 strands of poly was doing the trick for me on the mains and they wouldn't go near it . Ill see what they reckon in the shop but ill probably go mains again