OT: does anyone know where

Apr 14, 2006 5 Replies

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Si Kellow 20 years ago

you can get that plastic barrier fencing that you see in orange on motorway sites and blue on the railways at a reasonable price?

We need to make some of the electric fences more visible for the pones

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and the best I can find is £50 for 50m, which as a charity is out of our league.

Or that wooden stuff that councils put around fairs, best price I have found for chestnut pallisade is £30 for 5 yds (yes five)

Cheers

Si Treasurer Littl'Uns Equine Rescue Trust Registered Charity 1111359

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Graham G 20 years ago

Silly question, but why not coloured electric tape??

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Bob Hobden 20 years ago

Interesting information on the AVS Fencing site re electric fences specifically for horses and they are also consistently the cheapest place we have found for anything fencing and excellent service too. Certainly cheaper for chestnut palisade than what you have been quoted.

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Our nearest is at Milford (SO of Guildford) but they deliver to Staines free so how far is Lewes to you?

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Si Kellow 20 years ago

to answer you both - the electric isnt fully supported, and to do so would mean poles every 6 ins, so to reinforce with this stuff is what we need to do

We've got miles of electric fencing, but two of the recent rescues lived in a back garden for 15 years, and dont know what its about!

Thanks for the ideas though

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Austin Shackles 20 years ago

On or around Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:06:44 +0100, "Si Kellow" enlightened us thusly:

Ours is orange plastic netting, what's yours?

I trust you've "introduced" them nose-first to the fence, when it's live? Most animals[1] seem to get the idea pretty quickly, once they've had a jolt or two.

[1] Pigs, on the other hand, generally manage to learn how to detect if it's live or not, and flatten it if it isn't. You need either a silent fence unit or have it where the pigs can't hear it.

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Si Kellow 20 years ago

Hi Austin,

As a rescue centre concerned with the welfare of ponies, we can't really use the electric fence netting (also known as sheep netting) because if they get it caught round their legs the resulting multiple shocks can overly stress the animal. we have the same problem where stock fencing is concerned, already having lost one pony with a broken leg to it.

The fencing like I am talking about has visual barrier value, to augment the electric. The main two ponies that we are doing this for were in a back garden for 15 years (I had to get them down 7ft and 9 steps! to get them out) and even though they have been introduced to leccy fencing, it still doesn't register with them. Now in time that would be ok, but as we have to keep them isolated until given the all clear to introduce them to the herd, then its a bit of a problem.

Surprising thing after dealing with horses for over 25 years is you keep finding the exceptions to the rule.

as ever, thanks for the ideas

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