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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] electric fencing - Premier
  • Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:22:06 -0500

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 01:15:49PM -0500, Nan Johnson wrote:
> I have also used Premier fencing to keep goats, sheep and cows IN...and
> goats are the hardest farm animals to fence. Those folks at Premier do
> raise goats and such, so they test their fencing in the real world.
> However, unlike most goats (who luckily don't always use their ability to
> leap up from a standing position), deer use their amazing jumping powers
> frequently, so a 4 or 5 foot electric fence, even Premier, wouldn't stop
> them, no?
>
> Based on my goat experience, if I really REALLY needed to fence out deer, I
> would be tempted by the following kind of fencing:
>
> http://fwp.mt.gov/wildthings/livingwwildlife/deer/deer_fence.html

There are several photos of my deer excluding fence in this batch:
http://www.austinfarm.org/homegrown/images/images3/index.html

For about three years now, this fence has been 100% effective. As near
as I can tell. The two fences are about 36" apart.

More fence photos in this batch:
http://www.austinfarm.org/homegrown/images/images5/index.html

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