astrix 12 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I'd like a bit if advice from the guys who have kept pigs about any tips on making my pig enclosure escape proof? How far down should I sink the mesh, how high above ground, best posts to use eyc etc please Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Electric fence them or bye bye piggies ....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgeH 5 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 We had 4ft stock fencing with 2 strands of electric wire inside it low to the ground which worked well. They soon learn not to go near it! Although somehow know when the battery on it is flat as well, so make sure it's always charged up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
max_wood 161 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 pre-tensile wire pulled as tight as you can get it, then electric it works best for me.but dont make the bottom one too low or they will root mud over it and stop it working. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 As above, it has to be electric really or they will be out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chunky11 150 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Stock netting, 1 strand of barb 1 inch above the ground & 1 on top, posts every 6 ft & 1 strand of electric at 16inch high, that keeps even my big boar in! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have 6x 15 week old weaners in an electric fence enclosure. They legged it through when they first arrived but no other escape attempts. I am using an 8'x10' ark and have a sun shade/wind block wall made from pallets with plywood nailed on. They have a mud bath made from the base of an IBC and sunk in to the ground and I also have 3 large diameter but only 7" deep trugs as their water supply. They also lie in these. The picture below is from when they had been here a week. They have modified it a bit now. I go round with my strimmer to keep the grass short around the fence. The grass on the other side is now over 12" tall. The pigs take up a quarter of an acre filed. When they have trashed this, I will extend. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I keep the feed in those small blue containers with a snap tight top. Like these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Ltrs-PLASTIC-BARREL-Metal-Ring-Lid-/252445847754?hash=item3ac6f1f0ca:g:u1YAAOSwkEVXGBh6 I got mine locally so no post cost and they were £6 each and so far have been intruder proof I am currently feeding wheat pellets at £9 a 20kg sack and greens from my veg patch. Last year it cost £200 per pig but i think I over fed them a little. They were 14 and 18 stone (appx) each. At slaughter. This is what it looks like now. I think pigs are actually easier to keep than hens, it is just the start up costs - energiser, wire, posts, hut, etc. My pigs were £20 each, so shop around. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
astrix 12 Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Really good info there lads, thanks a lot Pesky them porkers look great, cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Another thing. I got my energiser from Mole Valley. It is a dual mode type. So you can run it from mains or leisure battery. If you are running an extension outside from a shed, etc. You need armoured mains cable, this is usually UV protected and water proof. The link wire from the energiser to the fence can be single core coax type but don't kink it as it can snap within the insulation. If you are using a battery, you may have to consider some kind of security. I'm using a galv dustbin nailed on to a pallet. I pinned the pallet down and also put big rocks in the base of the bin. The lid is secured with padlocks. Some people just bury them and run the leads up through sheathing. We had some burglaries last year and farmers were losing energisers. Pesky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomburras 2,729 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I heard of someone buried there energiser and battery in a wooden box covered up with earth then run the cable through blue water piping buried for 20 yards then joined to the fence 20 yards away. Sad but he had some stolen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Yes, crime is a big issue on farms. You can't trust anyone and you daren't sell stuff from home in case people come to see what else you have. You can't be at home all the time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark r 208 Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Electric fence them only way Iv 4 durocs clearing our wood out now they made a right mess which is what I wasn't up rooted everything and are getting fat I'm looking forward to eating them I'd post some pics but don't know how to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark r 208 Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Electric fence them only way Iv 4 durocs clearing our wood out now they made a right mess which is what I wasn't up rooted everything and are getting fat I'm looking forward to eating them I'd post some pics but don't know how to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trenchfoot 4,243 Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 stock netting with posts every 6ft, with a top rail. extra bottom plain wire tight to the ground. This has kept out saddlebacks in for the last 7 years. had to swap wooden gates for metal as they ate them. Never had any issue, and neither has anybody I have done similar fencing for on pigs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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