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purplequeenvt
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As long as you have fences that they can't climb/jump/go under/go through, you'll be fine......KFaye said:
How do you keep them in??????
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hcppam
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I'm scared too, was putting in T posts today for my soon to be here ND girls, and was thinking 10 feet between posts should be good???? Now maybe 8 feet.KFaye said:
BarredRockMomma
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I have my posts at 5' spacing and it seems to be working. I have yet to find someone in a yard that is not their's. I have ND too.
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We put our guys and gals behind an four strand electric fence when they were young. It pops a pretty solid punch, so the fence has been pretty effective. lol, We have to run the weed eater because they leave a 12-24 inch perimeter of un-eaten grass around the fence.
Our problem as been the gates and Socrates. He watches us, and studies the gates, then does his best to open them, so that they can go to the garden to eat. Its pretty hysterical when they do get out.........."YAY! We are are! What are we gonna do?"..............."Oh crud. We are out! What are we gonna do?"............."YIKES HELP US PLEASE WE ARE OUT WE ARE GONNA DIE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!" They are usually back at the gate with Socrates frantically trying to re-open it before I get down there (except when there is clover in the garden, clover is apparently worth death).
Anyway, We seriously souped up the latches on the gates to where most people couldn't get them open without written instructions. You must lift up with one hand and pull the pin, but the pin only comes out if you angle it a certain way. Then one the pin is out, you unhook the latch by pushing in on the gate, but not too far. I can do it with my eyes closed, but Socrates has spent HOURS working on that gate, lol.
Our problem as been the gates and Socrates. He watches us, and studies the gates, then does his best to open them, so that they can go to the garden to eat. Its pretty hysterical when they do get out.........."YAY! We are are! What are we gonna do?"..............."Oh crud. We are out! What are we gonna do?"............."YIKES HELP US PLEASE WE ARE OUT WE ARE GONNA DIE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!" They are usually back at the gate with Socrates frantically trying to re-open it before I get down there (except when there is clover in the garden, clover is apparently worth death).
Anyway, We seriously souped up the latches on the gates to where most people couldn't get them open without written instructions. You must lift up with one hand and pull the pin, but the pin only comes out if you angle it a certain way. Then one the pin is out, you unhook the latch by pushing in on the gate, but not too far. I can do it with my eyes closed, but Socrates has spent HOURS working on that gate, lol.
