Feeder Pen Fencing

[GLM]

I know most people us hog panels for feeder pens but I was curios if anyone has experience with regular fencing like the attached fence. It would be much cheaper than hog panels.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/general-purpose-field-fence-6-in-vertical-stays-39-in-h-125-ga-filler-wire?cm_vc=-10005

[daniel044]

I have seen people use that all the time. Problem is with time it becomes flimsy and have a tendency to fall down over time. If you have livestock its easy to push over.

BTW - I have Hog Panels for sale in the classifieds.

[jerp]

It will work but the trick is getting it tight enough so hogs can't push their way under it.

[TxAgBowHntr]

It works just fine...make sure it's tight like jerp said. Use a come-a-long or stretcher and make sure you have some sturdy corner posts or something to pull against.

[LWD]

I've used welded wire fencing, which is a bit stiffer. Use tent stakes to peg the bottom of it to the ground so the hogs can't get under it.

LWD

[ballgame]

I've used the welded wire stuff and the hogs were able to stretch out the holes until they eventually broke.

Is it just me or are the hogs of today way different than years past?

Ours are now a lot bigger, more aggressive, more destructive, smarter, etc etc

Its like a whole new breed with a little evil mixed in, they don't even look the same!

[TexasTK]

I have many pens with field wire. The key is like others said stretch tight but also make your pen extra big. Make sure pen is big enough so no corn slings outside the pen and the hogs won't pay as much attention to it.
I have never had a hog in mine in 12 years.

[Flint knapper]

Is it just me or are the hogs of today way different than years past?

Ours are now a lot bigger, more aggressive, more destructive, smarter, etc etc

Its like a whole new breed with a little evil mixed in, they don't even look the same

The more generations a group of hogs can reproduce in the wild, the more they look like the true Russian boar!

[Smart]

We call it goat wire and you can probably search for some feedpen threads using that term for more info.

We have several "goat wire" pens and they have been great. Like said above you need firm anchors like trees or a corner brace. It has to be stretched to be effective. If let loose it is useless. they make fence stretchers you can attach to your vehicle...but we just wove a tpost in the ended and attached it via chain to our tow hooks or receiver ball and used the vehicle to stretch it and tie it in. The tpost keeps it even.

[canny]

Thinking about building a 3 strand hot wire fence around my feeder. I only have 1 that I care about protecting so I am considering this instead of a panel fence.

[meltingfeather]

If anyone wants some window bars I pulled off our rental house, they'd make great panels I think... welded or tied up to T-posts.
I asked my dad if he wanted them but our current lease doesn't have hogs on it... or livestock.

[gmac]

Put one up on my place about a month ago using this. So far it has worked great. Will be installing more soon.

[Thumper]

It will work but the trick is getting it tight enough so hogs can't push their way under it.

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You're going to have to set stirdy corner posts unless you can use 4 trees to pull it toght. I also run two strands of barb wire, one right on the ground and the second one up off the ground 12" to keep the hogs out.

[JLivi1224]

I work for a construction supply company and I used 6 gauge wire mesh panels. They are 8'x20'. I cut them in half and cut 1' off the top. They worked great!
Your typical 6ga wire mesh sheet will cost you around $25-30 and obviously provide you 40' of fencing. I cut them down to 10' to be more manageable.