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<blockquote data-quote="AngusLimoX" data-source="post: 735652" data-attributes="member: 3319"><p>I run 18loules,10k volts, 7 stainless 8 ft ground rods in damp clay and the wires always test out max if there isn't a short. Had a big ole simmy cow walk under a single wire that her calf had snuck under. From 100 yards away I heard the snaps and she bawled all the way. She walked to her calf , herded him under the wire, then walked under the wire again, snappin and bawling as she went.</p><p></p><p>Great cow so I blamed myself for not having the wire the right height or having 2 wires. A week later the cattle are out in the wrong pasture, around 50 of them, so I herd them back in and repair the spot where they had pushed through the fence. Check the offset hot wire ( Woven fence 9 wire ) and let the cattle back in.</p><p></p><p>I am standing 20 yards away and ole simmy just walks up to the fence and leans on it, and then just snaps a post and walks over the fence to the other pasture. Simmies calf was weaned early and she grew wheels, not soon enough though.</p><p></p><p>The problem is, and this is what I don't want to see happen to you Doug, there was a very nice black 1st calf heifer that went almost everywhere with simmy and learned her tricks. She had to go as well, which really hurt.</p><p></p><p>Can you get this fella somewhere with hot wire backed up by steel rail or something sturdy. Watch and see if he learns to respect the wire and if not - don't cry to us when he causes disaster! :lol2:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AngusLimoX, post: 735652, member: 3319"] I run 18loules,10k volts, 7 stainless 8 ft ground rods in damp clay and the wires always test out max if there isn't a short. Had a big ole simmy cow walk under a single wire that her calf had snuck under. From 100 yards away I heard the snaps and she bawled all the way. She walked to her calf , herded him under the wire, then walked under the wire again, snappin and bawling as she went. Great cow so I blamed myself for not having the wire the right height or having 2 wires. A week later the cattle are out in the wrong pasture, around 50 of them, so I herd them back in and repair the spot where they had pushed through the fence. Check the offset hot wire ( Woven fence 9 wire ) and let the cattle back in. I am standing 20 yards away and ole simmy just walks up to the fence and leans on it, and then just snaps a post and walks over the fence to the other pasture. Simmies calf was weaned early and she grew wheels, not soon enough though. The problem is, and this is what I don't want to see happen to you Doug, there was a very nice black 1st calf heifer that went almost everywhere with simmy and learned her tricks. She had to go as well, which really hurt. Can you get this fella somewhere with hot wire backed up by steel rail or something sturdy. Watch and see if he learns to respect the wire and if not - don't cry to us when he causes disaster! :lol2: [/QUOTE]
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