Will Cattle Chew on things?

[Becca]

Do you have permanent fencing down already? If you don't then you can probably put a strand of hotwire (temporary-type) around the equipment in such a way that you don't have to move a gate to get at them but at the same time keeps the critters out. If you do, you still can put hotwire around them in an area where it's easily accessible. The other thing to do is to try to not spread them out so much, but park them so that you have them compacted in a small area so that you leave more grazing space for your two cattle. Hotwire does wonders, and a pop or two from them is enough to make them respect the fence. The wire should be HOT though, enough to give off a big POP or SNAP when an animal's nose touches it (or even when you touch it, LOL!!). That's what we did when we wanted a few steers out of their normal enclosure in the back yard to graze the grass down near the grain bins. Of course they're beef steers, a bit smarter than dairy heifers (usually...), and naturally if one steer gets zapped real good, the others know it's in their best interests to stay the heck away from the electric fence!! Dairy heifers, it'll take an extra pop or two to make them get it. Hopefully the couple cattle you get are beefers, and intelligent enough to not bother the fence again after just one good zap to the nose.

(And it is FUNNY to watch them get zapped!! [I know it sounds crude/cruel, but come on, who doesn't think it's funny when an animal or human gets the bejeezuz scared outta them?!] One of them reaches their head way out, neck stretched as far out as it can, nose quivering as they sniff it out, and inches closer and closer to the wire. Unlit it reaches the Point of No Return, the point were wet nose meets hot, electrified wire, and all of a sudden POP!! And the steer gives a short sharp MAWW!!! and either jumps three feet in the air or gets nearly knocked back on his haunches! Meanwhile, I'm LMAO.... )

Yes we have permanent fencing in place already. We store all of our toys in one area, but it still spans about 30 feet if I remember correctly. And everything is stored up against a fence. We could probably just run a temp hot wire in front of everything to keep them away, we were just dreaming that it would be nice to not to have to do that...lol.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Do you have permanent fencing down already? If you don't then you can probably put a strand of hotwire (temporary-type) around the equipment in such a way that you don't have to move a gate to get at them but at the same time keeps the critters out. If you do, you still can put hotwire around them in an area where it's easily accessible. The other thing to do is to try to not spread them out so much, but park them so that you have them compacted in a small area so that you leave more grazing space for your two cattle. Hotwire does wonders, and a pop or two from them is enough to make them respect the fence. The wire should be HOT though, enough to give off a big POP or SNAP when an animal's nose touches it (or even when you touch it, LOL!!). That's what we did when we wanted a few steers out of their normal enclosure in the back yard to graze the grass down near the grain bins. Of course they're beef steers, a bit smarter than dairy heifers (usually...), and naturally if one steer gets zapped real good, the others know it's in their best interests to stay the heck away from the electric fence!! Dairy heifers, it'll take an extra pop or two to make them get it. Hopefully the couple cattle you get are beefers, and intelligent enough to not bother the fence again after just one good zap to the nose.

(And it is FUNNY to watch them get zapped!! [I know it sounds crude/cruel, but come on, who doesn't think it's funny when an animal or human gets the bejeezuz scared outta them?!] One of them reaches their head way out, neck stretched as far out as it can, nose quivering as they sniff it out, and inches closer and closer to the wire. Unlit it reaches the Point of No Return, the point were wet nose meets hot, electrified wire, and all of a sudden POP!! And the steer gives a short sharp MAWW!!! and either jumps three feet in the air or gets nearly knocked back on his haunches! Meanwhile, I'm LMAO.... )

Yes we have permanent fencing in place already. We store all of our toys in one area, but it still spans about 30 feet if I remember correctly. And everything is stored up against a fence. We could probably just run a temp hot wire in front of everything to keep them away, we were just dreaming that it would be nice to not to have to do that...lol.

Well sometimes dreams don't turn out the way you dreamed they would. I would highly recommend the hotwire, it'll save you in the end.