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By: Sharon

How do you find the electric netting? I wonder how it copes touching the ground, do you find it shorts out alot? Does it drain the electric fence batteries? I bought some a few years ago, its not as...

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By: milkwoodkirsten

We’ve found it really good! I think the tech is improving all the time perhaps? This is what we use: http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=24022&cat_id=139

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By: milkwoodkirsten

No this netting is premier poultrynet: http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=24022&cat_id=139 as used at Polyface Farm, but Allsun’s product is excellent also – we got this premier net...

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By: Martyn

Hi Kirsten From my own experience that fencing is not very good with pigs, to easy too short out and too easy to get tangled in and suffocate/strangle the pig. It won’t keep out feral Boars either....

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By: milkwoodkirsten

Hi Martyn, cheers for all that info! I’m a bit at a loss to see how, at their current size, they could strangle themselves in something that they cant fit more than their snout thru… but thanks for the...

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By: carlyonp

Kirsten, Have you used this netting for the chooks. I am trying to work out whether it would stop our foxes from getting under or over and into the chooks? Many thanks Peter

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By: milkwoodkirsten

We’ve used it for chook tractors with the chooks always put away somewhere secure at night, and I know many others that use it similarly… we’ve had no losses to foxes, but I wouldnt say it’s foxproof…

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By: Larry

Hi folks. The netting works extremely well with chickens and sheep. Haven’t personally tried it with pigs, but know a farmer who does with great success. But, that’s not my purpose in this reply. This...

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By: Rasili O'Connor

Hi Kirsten. (Although it’s four years since you wrote this) I’ve looked up that link (Premier Supplies for a moveable fence). The link seems to show that they’re in the United States. Did you happen to...

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By: Rasili O'Connor

Don’t worry about that query from me! Just saw your post further down the page (re Premier, etc).

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