[Jacob-list] getting stuck in the fence

[Linda]

Chris,

Thanks. I think that electric is the best move.  I have electric running outside the fence to discourage predators, so it won't be much of a project to run a strand inside.  I like the idea that it might deter the rams from challenging fences.  We haven't had a fence basher in quite awhile, but the ones we had could sure make a mess of a fence.

I've never had a sheep escape.  Don't know why that is - I certainly don't have any fancy fencing.  

Linda
Getting ready for 2006 lambs!
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:29:46 -0700 (PDT), Christopher Brantley wrote:
> Linda,
>
> I've not really had a great deal of trouble with animals getting
> stuck in the fence...usually my problem is their finding a loose,
> or weak spot and popping through the fence at will. I use an
> electric strand at the level you're talking about.
>
> This year I switched to a nylon cording for the strand, that works
> better as it does not break as easily as high tinsel wire does
> around my place. The problem I found this spring with the lambs
> when they decided they were old enough/brave enough to explore was
> they didn't realize they were getting a shock with their coat
> starting to thicken up. I've found putting an aluminum foil tent
> over the wire/cord with a dob of peanut butter inside the tent
> acting as as glue. The lambs/sheep are attracted to the peanut
> butter and their nose/tongues are more sensitive to the shock and
> within a few days they avoid any fence with passion.
>
> It sounds cruel at first thought I know, but it does keep them
> where they are safe and it also prevents a lot of potential
> nightmares we as shepherds don't want to see as reality.
>
> Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net> wrote:
>> I wonder sometimes if my preference for four horned sheep might
>> be partially because it drives me nuts to have to keep cutting
>> the fence to get the two horned lambs loose.  In my brief
>> experience with dairy goats, I didn't disbud.  Naully had a
>> terrible habit of challenging the rams through the fence and then
>> getting her head stuck.  As you can imagine, it put her in a bad
>> situation - a mad ram and she was unable to retreat.  I taped a
>> pvc pipe to her horns and she couldn't get her head stuck in the
>> fence. That worked ok.  A few years ago, I was tending a
>> neighbor's sheep and found a Romney wether (no horns) with his
>> head stuck in the fence.  He was in full fleece and in the direct
>> sun and he was dead.  I remember someone else mentioning losing
>> sheep that were stuck in the fence.  I'm planning on putting a
>> strand of electric about lamb head level, which I think should
>> work - as well as teach ing baby rams some respect for the fence.
>>  Does anyone have any other recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Linda
>>
>>
>> Getting ready for 2006 lambs!
>> www.patchworkfibers.com
>> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn
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