STEP by STEP: Training Pigs to an Electric Fence

[@rogerbeck5704]

Your humility towards your livestock sets the example for others to follow. Thanks for leading the way on humane treatment of your charges. Airborne!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

All the way brother!

[@journeyoflovelight]

Thank you for not showing the shocks. I appreciate it.- Melanie

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

You bet!

[@tristaperkins7112]

"If you do, SEEK HELP!". Hahaha!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It’s needed with the guy I was referring to.

[@gd6576]

Love it . Keep it real. Life's got 'em thorns to go with 'em roses. Good education. Thank you.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you!

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thank you. What a nice barn setup.

[@skillbilly9602]

Billy, I Feel the Same way about the Training of Animals with electricity.. Don't want to hurt them But need to keep them Contained and Protected..

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It’s really for their own good.

[@K-Vitamin]

너무 흥미로운 영상입니다~ 대단하세요~~ 다음편이 기다려지네요~~ This is a very interesting video~ It's great~ I can't wait for the next episode~~

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you my friend!

[@lorrainepeckham4211]

Oh yes they need t o be trained.My Daddy had a electric fence along time a go and did the trick ,also the bucket trick/I love how you bring back the old timey way !

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Those old ways are still the best in my opinion!

[@Skashoon]

Hallelujah! My brother gave me a donation to buy two piglets, and I’ll pick them up on Thursday morning! I am very excited! Now I need to setup a temporary electric fence training paddock. I don’t have pig fence, but I can subdivide the poultry net with some PolyBraid or high tensile wire. I’ll make a 3 sided enclosure with plywood braced with concrete block and some 4x4’s laying around. This will give me time to get a proper electric pig fence. This was completely unexpected but I’m thrilled. They are Kune Kune/AGH mix. Good thing I haven’t completed the weed eating of the entire pasture. 1/3 of it is still ‘long in the tooth’ as you would say.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That’s a really great pig to start with my friend! They are very docile and easy to train.

[@Outtahide540]

Thanks for the info and video

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you!

[@dwighthires3163]

Good job

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Many thanks!

[@WindyMeadows]

Look at it this way.. every child has to learn the stove is hot, and the only way to learn it, is to get burned.. Do mothers/fathers enjoy it, like you say, they better not, or seek help if they do. It is a lesson that needs to be learned. I went through it with my horses. And they can get pretty smart about it. They hear the unit clicking and they never test the fence, but if a storm takes out the power, they wouldn't hear the clicks, and they would test the fence. I am solar now, just one strand along the top of the field fence to stop them from leaning over.

[@justaghost1014]

Don't enjoy animals getting zapped but I do find it extremely funny if its people get zapped.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Ha ha! So true!

[@Skashoon]

Good information brother, thank you! Since you’re an electrician would you help demystify volts and Joules as respects chargers, please. Do Joules translate in some way to total voltage or is it more applicable to the distance the energy can travel? My charger is 6 joules. Greg Judy said to get at least 8. Is that because of the size of his pastures? My landlord moves his cattle with a solar charger rated at .25 joules. He gets 6,000 volts on PolyBraid. I’m only seeing around 3,000 volts on my poultry net. This has perplexed me for some time. Ugh!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Greg Judy uses high end chargers from Australia and New Zealand and they do exactly what they are rated to do. Most other manufacturers claim a rating that’s much higher than it actually is. You might have one of those. I’ve been slowly switching over to chargers that are Australian made myself and the results are staggering. My 2 joule Australian made charger has twice the punch of my 8 joule American made charger. Poultry nets also bog down a charger because so much of it is grounded out…unlike poly wire.

[@Skashoon]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 : Ahhh, that’s interesting. Mine is an off brand that I bought when I first arrived. I was looking for an affordable 8 joule charger, but this was all I could afford. I do see some spark on the base of the net where it’s over an exposed tree root. Moving the CToS tomorrow. As you said, it’s hard to keep the nets from grounding somewhere. When it rains, it’s snapping everywhere. Next charger will be a higher end Kiwi or Aussie solar unit. I’m not going to worry as much about the joules, I just figured it would burn the grass/weeds better. But as long as it can handle the net and maybe some high tensile wire or polybraid, I’m good with it. Thanks for explaining this to me.

[@cyndidame1721]

I agree...electric fence is a necessity, but it's not fun. We have bird dogs so they have to wear e-collars. I hate it...but I love my dogs so I would rather use it to make sure they don't run off in a million acres of woods up north. They learn quick...probably not as quick as the pigs lol. Bone sauce is working!! No deer on my mother's property at all. No deer coming near my garden...and nothing has eaten my green beans.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That is so wonderful to hear my friend!

[@MsCaterific]

❤️

[@honeycaffena4897]

Who was eating first 😉😁

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Ha!

[@mojavebohemian814]

Better a shock than hit by a car, tore up by predators, bad shot by a neighbor, starvation, dehydration, other stuff. Training is the thing to do