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Cattle got through 4 rung barbed wire fence. Advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1803661" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>A hot wire is an easy solution, but in our location that would have been impractical. We have miles of fence and much of it is located in areas that are difficult to get to, so looking for breaks and down wire caused by down trees and wildlife could become a full time job. </p><p></p><p>Our interior fences are 4 strand and our exterior fences are 6 strand. I wish I had spent the extra money and time to run two more strands of barbed wire on the interior fences back when we were initially cross fencing, but that project was partially funded through a NRCS grant, and I think I remember that they wanted less wire to allow easy access for wildlife, especially with the riparian fences. We have been adding two more wires to problem areas as they reveal themselves. With only 4 wires, the cows can and will reach through the fence to reach grass on the other side. Calves will also crawl through pretty easy. Reaching through results in the wires getting looser and the whole fence leaning away. Even fat cows can't resist the temptation of easy to reach grass on the other side of the fence. Two more wires made it almost impossible to get their heads through and made it too high for them to reach over the top. The bottom wire is about 8-12 inches off the ground and there is maybe 6-7 inches between the wires, which is narrower than the width of my cows heads. A determined calf can squeeze through, but it is uncomfortable enough that it seldom happens. Many of our interior fences lean over precariously from cows trying to reach grass on the other side. The taller, tighter fences that protect the perimeter, are still in very good shape. Most of the improved fencing here happened in the late 1990's or early 2000's. We got a bad set of wood posts for some of the interior work, and they are all rotting off and needing replacement. Places where the 4 strands allow the cows to reach through and push, are the first to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1803661, member: 9933"] A hot wire is an easy solution, but in our location that would have been impractical. We have miles of fence and much of it is located in areas that are difficult to get to, so looking for breaks and down wire caused by down trees and wildlife could become a full time job. Our interior fences are 4 strand and our exterior fences are 6 strand. I wish I had spent the extra money and time to run two more strands of barbed wire on the interior fences back when we were initially cross fencing, but that project was partially funded through a NRCS grant, and I think I remember that they wanted less wire to allow easy access for wildlife, especially with the riparian fences. We have been adding two more wires to problem areas as they reveal themselves. With only 4 wires, the cows can and will reach through the fence to reach grass on the other side. Calves will also crawl through pretty easy. Reaching through results in the wires getting looser and the whole fence leaning away. Even fat cows can't resist the temptation of easy to reach grass on the other side of the fence. Two more wires made it almost impossible to get their heads through and made it too high for them to reach over the top. The bottom wire is about 8-12 inches off the ground and there is maybe 6-7 inches between the wires, which is narrower than the width of my cows heads. A determined calf can squeeze through, but it is uncomfortable enough that it seldom happens. Many of our interior fences lean over precariously from cows trying to reach grass on the other side. The taller, tighter fences that protect the perimeter, are still in very good shape. Most of the improved fencing here happened in the late 1990's or early 2000's. We got a bad set of wood posts for some of the interior work, and they are all rotting off and needing replacement. Places where the 4 strands allow the cows to reach through and push, are the first to go. [/QUOTE]
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