I had an e-mail about fencing today which follows on from the piece about guard llamas for alpacas and predators in general.

Around the barn we have three paddocks and the entire area is enclosed by an 8 foot fence. The bottom 4 feet is "no climb" fencing and the top 4 feet is ordinary cross fencing.

We then run hot wires at 4 feet and 6 feet on the edge of the property. This deters predators and our neighbors cattle.

Where the fence is on our property we just run the hot wire at 6 feet.

The electric fence charger puts out about 8 to 10,000 volts so its quite a shock if you touch it with a wet nose. But if you have a thick fleece you get much less of a jolt.









Adrian Stewart