On electric fences

But will it stop headhunters, cannibals, chupacabras and zombies in general?

 

I peed on one once

 

Have you done the hold down and step over ? if it goes wrong ........

 

Done the wet glove thing a few times. The fence round a field of Hampshire buffalo nearly sat me down on the ground.

 

I put one round the backyard fence to contain my wolf/malamute (she was a digger) it worked for a while but she learned she could just dig deeper and go under it altogether.

That said, she had gotten the idea and knew I wanted her to stay on the yard so she just quit bothering after a while.

 

Thanks for taking the tine to make and post the video - really enjoying the series as we have a similar lifestyle albeit in a somewhat harsher climate in the Welsh hills.

I bought a similar fence set up earlier this year after a young fox which clearly hadn’t got the memo about not coming round during the day cleared out half our hens which had been enjoying a pretty idyllic free ranging lifestyle after deciding that the 4’ mesh fence we had put round them was no barrier.

I’ve taken things a stage further by mounting the fence on semi-permanent wooden fence-posts with an additional 18” of alternate live and earthed single strand wires above the netting to deter anything that tries jumping.

One word of caution is that they can be a hazard to hedgehogs (which we have been actively encouraging) who seem to like using the short grass around the base as a thoroughfare. After finding one stuck under the netting, we turn our fence off at night and do a daily perimeter check before turning it on. I had preferred the idea of keeping it on 24 hours to make sure that any predators visiting at night didn’t get mixed messages about the fence.

Keep the vids coming!

 

One did put me on the ground once.
I was sorting through some scrap steel stock in a field one summer and my t shirt rode up and the fence got me right in the small of my back lol
I straightened up so quick in shock I just launched meself forward into the scrap pile

 

My pigs used to challenge the electric fence regularly. They'd also heap soil up on to the lower wire, earthing it to some degree, either by accident or design, I was never sure which! Still, they never did actually get out.

 

Is it possible to borrow the electricity from an electric fence for other purposes?

 

Is this what you have in mind?

 

My chooks do that with moss!

 

How would you give it back when you were done?

Are you thinking pull up in a lay by and hook your caravan up to it maybe lol
Ooh or stealth camp with a three bar fire and telly inside the bivvy bag

 

Contacted one with the barrel of my rifle on patrol once.

Good job the safety was on...

 

Once had a rather dozy friend (not a boyfriend ) who on a walk one day decided to take a call of nature up against a fence..... yup ! It was electrified. .. I nearly died laughing, but I guess you guys are all curled up in a ball going Oooh nooo!. Sorry but it still makes laugh. Reason? I told him it was an electric fence but he didn't believe me.
Goodness doesn't time fly.
Just realised that was about 30 yrs ago. It's only my sense of humour that hasn't aged.