And so when it comes to electric fencing, the only thing I recommend is Premier 1.
#Electric sheep netting plus#
Plus we have three rolls of the poultry netting to go around our henmobile. Today, I think we’re up to 15 or 16, it’s a lot. And then I ultimately started buying like their ElectroNet for our sheep and goats. So that was the first thing I bought from them. And in the end, she said that I would probably do well with this charger that cost only $150 which was $100 less than I thought. They asked me all kinds of questions that I had no idea made any difference whatsoever, in what kind of fence I needed. They actually talked to me about what kind of animals I had. And so I picked up the phone and I called and I discovered that the people on the phone were not just salesmen who were going to try to sell you the most expensive thing or just take your order. And I was pretty sure what I was going to need was this charger that cost $250. The funny thing is, I looked through their catalog and there are so many options in there. It wasn’t until we needed to get a second charger that I actually looked at Premier 1. But we thought that’s just what electric fencing was like. You know, our farm is only 32 acres, this is going to be way more powerful than anything we need. And I saw this one that said it charged up to 10 miles, and I thought, wow, that’s incredible. And then, I went to my local farm store, and saw that they had electric fence chargers there. I needed to call them and get their catalog.
And so he wrote it down on a piece of paper, because this was before everybody had websites, he wrote it down on a piece of paper for me, told me that he raised sheep and that Premier 1 had the best fencing and equipment, everything in it. And he goes, Hey, you know about Premier1, right? And I said, no.
Back in 2002, the guy came to fill up our propane tank, and he saw that I had goats. And I’m really excited to have him here today, because Premier1 was actually one of the very first companies I ever discovered when I started my farm. And I have with me today, Joe Putnam from Premier 1 Supplies. Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode. Today’s episode is brought to you by Premier1Supplies, sheep and goat equipment that works from folks who use it every day. TRANSCRIPTįor the Love of Goats, we are talking about everything goat, whether you’re a goat owner, a breeder, or just a fan of these wonderful creatures, we’ve got you covered. I learned a lot more than I was expecting in this podcast! Listen right here by clicking on the player above, or on your favorite platform:Īs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. However, after the interview, I checked my chargers and was happy to discover that we have one that’s strong enough to be able to hook up as many as 15 rolls of the sheep and goat netting or 7 rolls of poultry netting. Well, I thought it happened again as I was talking to Joe because he talked about how many electric netting panels you should hook up to a fence charger. You know I always say that I made all the mistakes so you don’t have to. This information will be helpful to anyone who wants to use electric fencing, regardless of whether or not it’s from Premier 1. We’re talking about pulse, joules, volts, amps, and ohms, as well as energizers, conductors, and insulators. He talks about everything you need to know to get your fencing right - the first time. I’ve been using it since at least 2004 or so. In this episode, I’m talking to Joe Putnam of Premier 1 Supplies, the company that makes my favorite brand of electric fencing. Ultimately we realized that woven wire would work best for a perimeter fence, and then we could sub-divide pastures with electric netting. We tried moving the wires closer together, but that didn’t stop them.
The goats had learned that they would just get a little shock as they slipped between the wires that had been placed a foot apart.
Unfortunately, by the time we realized that horse fencing didn’t work for goats, it was too late. Any animal is hard to keep fenced in if you use the wrong kind of fencing. When people say that goats are hard to keep fenced in, that’s because they’re not using the right kind of fencing. But we quickly learned that horses and goats have very different needs in terms of fencing! That sounded like it would be more than enough for our little pasture. I just went to the local farm store and bought a charger that said it would electrify up to 10 miles of fencing. When we brought home our first goats, we thought that the existing single-wire electric fencing that had been installed for the former horse farm would be fine for our goats. One of the first things I learned about goats was that they were too smart for me to use a sub-standard fencing option. If you own goats, you only get one chance to get fencing right.
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