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Defining Your Electric Fence Needs

When designing your electric fence system, there are several questions you need to ask yourself. 

     

    Animal Control Needs
    Livestock | Horses | Predators & Nuisance | Small Animals  | Exotic | Pets

    Define Your Animal Control Needs

    define your animal control needs before planning your fi-shock electric fence

     

    There are several questions you need to ask yourself:

       1.  What type of fence do I need? If I can’t use electricity, is a battery-powered fence or a solar-powered fence right for me?
       2.  What animals need to be contained or deterred? Do I need an electric deer fence, electric farm fence, or a livestock electric fence?
       3.  What are some other factors I need to consider?

     

    Electric fence systems can be used for a variety of livestock, horses and farm animal containment needs.  In order to keep predators away from your animals, you will need to assess the predator situation in your region. 

     

    Electric fence systems can also be used for pet containment.  These fencing systems are usually in the form of an electric fence kit where all of the fencing materials are supplied inside the box.

     

    Fi-Shock™ Electric Fence Systems work for cows, bulls, horses, pigs, goats, sheep, exotic animals, deer, rabbit, raccoons, and coyotes, among others.

     

    We have listed below the most common number of strands needed for different species of animals.  Some stands are charged or “Hot” while others are grounded

     

    The measurements are from the ground up.  The red line means it is a charged wire, while a black line means it is a grounded (not electrified) wire.

     

     

    Recommended Electric Fence Configurations for Livestock Containment

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    Recommended Electric Fence Configurations for Horse Containment


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    Recommended Electric Fence Configurations for Predator & Nuisance Animal Control

     

     

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    Recommended Electric Fence Configurations for Small Farm Animal Containment


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    Recommended Electric Fence Configurations for Exotic Animal Containment


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    Pets

     

    As a general rule, there should be a “Hot” wire at chest level for the animal that you are trying to contain or repel.  Another hot wire should be placed at nose level.

     

    animal_control_needs_dog_fenceFor example, if you are trying to keep a normal sized cat out of a garden, there should be a hot wire at about eight inches above the ground and another at about 12 inches above the ground.

     

    Obviously, if there are multiple species and sizes of animals, more strands will be needed.

     

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    Fi-Shock™ , the home of quality electric fences for animals, has the electric fence kits and the electric horse fence kits you need. Shop now.

     

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