Wow, that is crazy.
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Originally posted by SBESTX View PostTried that on another pen. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, these cattle can clear full height cattle panel with a strand of barbed wire above.
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We’ve had similar issues. Started making square or rectangle pens with two deadman braces on each corner (each direction of the panels) that allow proper barbed wire stretching at 5-10 inches above a reg hog panel. This design has been good for us.
Hard to do a top strand with round pens.
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Originally posted by bass_lander View PostWe’ve had similar issues. Started making square or rectangle pens with two deadman braces on each corner (each direction of the panels) that allow proper barbed wire stretching at 5-10 inches above a reg hog panel. This design has been good for us.
Hard to do a top strand with round pens.
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I do same and I still have problems. But only on my square pens. No cows in my round pens and no barbed wire on my round pens
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i had a heifer that figured out how to get into the pens once, she went to auction soon after. i didn't want her teaching the others how to get in. i had a hog push his way under a cattle panel last month and couldn't get out. he didn't last 2 days even with water. he sure tore up the place trying to get out, including a tail cam and 2 solar lights.
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You need taller fence around that protein feeder. I guess once they ate a lot, they were not able to get back out. I have had problems with the neighbor's bulls getting on our side of the fence and not knowing where the water was. Walked the fence line for days, trying to get back home, where they knew where the water was. After two or three days, with no water, you can tell they are about to drop over dead. They foam at the mouth and stagger around, confused. Eventually I was able to get in contact with their owner and get him to help me get the bull back on the right side of the fence. We had to do that two or three times, before I finally found the hole the bull was getting through.
Cattle can't got very long without water, in the Texas heat, it will kill them dead. Then gorging themselves on protein feed, probably does not help either, more so with no water.
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