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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 564885" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>From my own experience a 2-wire will hold them IF everything is working properly. Get too many weeds on the bottom wire or the power go out for an hour or two or a close lightning strike and some calves especially will smell the fence is not hot and go right through it if the grass looks a bit greener on the other side or they miss momma. May depend on how old they are too. Maybe Dun's calves are better trained to electric than a couple bwf of mine were last fall.</p><p></p><p>IF you use 2 wire electric as your ONLY fence on 100 acres you better be out there with a weed whipper running around checking it every day at least. jmho. Barb wire is working even when the power goes off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 564885, member: 7509"] From my own experience a 2-wire will hold them IF everything is working properly. Get too many weeds on the bottom wire or the power go out for an hour or two or a close lightning strike and some calves especially will smell the fence is not hot and go right through it if the grass looks a bit greener on the other side or they miss momma. May depend on how old they are too. Maybe Dun's calves are better trained to electric than a couple bwf of mine were last fall. IF you use 2 wire electric as your ONLY fence on 100 acres you better be out there with a weed whipper running around checking it every day at least. jmho. Barb wire is working even when the power goes off. [/QUOTE]
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