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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1042154" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>One of my cows jumped out the drafting pen this morning... took the wire with her.</p><p>Immediate repair required.</p><p>Four days ago I weaned four five-month old calves. All four were at least two paddocks away from where I'd put them the next day. Following day I gathered them up, one of those calves had been through about twenty fences at that stage. She ran through one two wire one about five times and destroyed a three wire one (another immediate repair required) - I ran them in circles till they were foaming at the mouth before I could get them to run in a straight line up the track and ignore the fences.</p><p>Must be bad breeding, not the fences?</p><p></p><p>My cows have come from a farm fenced throughout with eight wire fences, excessive by any standards. It's not that surprising that the fences I have now are holding some of them about as well as they hold the rain in. 4 kV hitting them every time they hit a wire, won't go any higher than that in this area thanks to the salt spray.</p><p>Several years ago I was driving past and saw 132 walk through a five-wire roadside fence, strained up tight but not electric and there was *one* staple missing. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it, fence looked perfect after a 500kg cow had walked between two wires eight inches apart.</p><p>I have badly behaved cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1042154, member: 9267"] One of my cows jumped out the drafting pen this morning... took the wire with her. Immediate repair required. Four days ago I weaned four five-month old calves. All four were at least two paddocks away from where I'd put them the next day. Following day I gathered them up, one of those calves had been through about twenty fences at that stage. She ran through one two wire one about five times and destroyed a three wire one (another immediate repair required) - I ran them in circles till they were foaming at the mouth before I could get them to run in a straight line up the track and ignore the fences. Must be bad breeding, not the fences? My cows have come from a farm fenced throughout with eight wire fences, excessive by any standards. It's not that surprising that the fences I have now are holding some of them about as well as they hold the rain in. 4 kV hitting them every time they hit a wire, won't go any higher than that in this area thanks to the salt spray. Several years ago I was driving past and saw 132 walk through a five-wire roadside fence, strained up tight but not electric and there was *one* staple missing. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it, fence looked perfect after a 500kg cow had walked between two wires eight inches apart. I have badly behaved cows. [/QUOTE]
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