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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1799795" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>I don't use Batt-Latches myself, but my cousin's son does. You should install it so that ONLY the spring gate lays on the ground, and that should be isolated from the fence so it will only be powered up when it's closed, so it doesn't ground the fence when it opens up. Yes, THAT will be laying there on the ground, and would have the potential for tangling with an animal... And yes, you'd have to have water access on the back (original paddock), and then they would just go back to the water... Batt-Latch is on the leading edge fence.</p><p></p><p>I move mine 2x/day in springtime... during calving... and I often will just move the front 'lead wire' when I have a cow that has calved in the "original paddock"... she'll want to stay there with her calf. The rest will always prefer the new break anyway, and won't spend hardly anytime at all in the "left behind" break. By the time you are ready to move again, new momma will have brought her calf up into the newest break, and you just accomodate it that way. I wouldn't worry about this, even if I had to allow one to lag behind a day or two.</p><p></p><p>Can't help you at all with advice on how to get people to not plug up the calendar in April! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1799795, member: 39018"] I don't use Batt-Latches myself, but my cousin's son does. You should install it so that ONLY the spring gate lays on the ground, and that should be isolated from the fence so it will only be powered up when it's closed, so it doesn't ground the fence when it opens up. Yes, THAT will be laying there on the ground, and would have the potential for tangling with an animal... And yes, you'd have to have water access on the back (original paddock), and then they would just go back to the water... Batt-Latch is on the leading edge fence. I move mine 2x/day in springtime... during calving... and I often will just move the front 'lead wire' when I have a cow that has calved in the "original paddock"... she'll want to stay there with her calf. The rest will always prefer the new break anyway, and won't spend hardly anytime at all in the "left behind" break. By the time you are ready to move again, new momma will have brought her calf up into the newest break, and you just accomodate it that way. I wouldn't worry about this, even if I had to allow one to lag behind a day or two. Can't help you at all with advice on how to get people to not plug up the calendar in April! :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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