Fencing ideas for sheep?

[WolfeMomma]

Has anyone fenced their whole pasture with cattle panels? If yes did you like it? if no, why not?
Rolling around this idea for our main pasture we use in the winter.

 

[secuono]

That's expensive to do.
And lambs will easily pop out.
Tposts & mesh fence, use a hand winch or cargo strap to tighten it.

I made a fence + gates around the barn with cattle panels & tposts. With so many gates in such a small space and several turns, it would of been heck to try and do it with mesh fencing!

 

[Mike CHS]

What @secuono said. We have a couple of cattle panels at our handling area that we had to add chicken wire to the bottom to contain the lambs.

 

[Beekissed]

Rolls of actual sheep fencing are a much cheaper option and will contain your lambs too. Some folks offset a hotwire at the bottom and top to deter coyotes or to keep LGD from digging out.

CP seem like a pretty quick build but they are harder to conform to the landscape, are more expensive than regular fencing, and harder to join together unless you order those squiggly connectors, which can get a bit pricey for a whole field. For a roll of Red Brand woven wire that's 330 ft, you pay $140, for enough CPs to cover the same length, you'll pay~on average of $20 a panel~$206.

Red Brand Class 1 Steel Field Fence 47 inch H x 330 ft L 70048

Red Brand Field Fence (woven wire) is manufactured in a wide selection of heights and styles featuring a graduated spacing that starts with small openings at the bottom which helps prevent entry from small animals. The hinge-lock knot allows the fencing t

www.ruralking.com

 

[WolfeMomma]

I dont have a fence stretcher, is the field fence still something I can do without one? Can I attach it to the T posts that are already there? Right now I have 5 lines of poly wire that we are really starting to not like.

 

[Beekissed]

I dont have a fence stretcher, is the field fence still something I can do without one? Can I attach it to the T posts that are already there? Right now I have 5 lines of poly wire that we are really starting to not like.

If you look on YT you'll likely find ways to make a fence stretcher of your own.

You can attach to the T posts with wire clips or you can fashion your own out of just pieces of wire twisted on.

 

[Mike CHS]

We used Red Brand for our first 600' or so then we checked out the Gaucho High Tensilewoven wire at Tractor Supply. It's a bit cheaper, stretches easy, needs fewer posts and the plus for me was it's half the weight of the Red Brand.

 

[Bruce]

I dont have a fence stretcher, is the field fence still something I can do without one? Can I attach it to the T posts that are already there? Right now I have 5 lines of poly wire that we are really starting to not like.

You can make a fence stretcher with a couple of pieces of 2x4 with carriage bolts, fender washers and nuts. You can use T posts in the middle of the run but will want wood post H or floating braced corners and gate supports. I used 2 come alongs to tension my field fence so I could get tension high and low. Don't run the fence around the corners to the next run but wrap around and tie off at each corner. Not doing so will potentially pull the corner posts inward.

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

G'day Wolfemamma,my suggestionion which is based on over 40 years of sheep and goat breeding is "invest" in a set of wire strainers and learn how to use them. In the main invest in permanent fixed fencing with hot wire subdivision paddocks inside them, remember "wire grows grass",this has never let me down yet....T.O.R.

 

[jambi1214]

Red Brand sheep fencing! I had to do all pasture over cattle fencing as my sheep were getting out and if they saw a dog go through, forget it, they follow. Expensive but I found that I dont have to worry at all with that fencing