Electric Fence Self-Test
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- I get the electric fence back up and running in the steer lot!
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I saw my cousin make the mistake of peeing on an electric fence one time when we were around 12 or 13 years old. I laughed till I hurt that day!
My cousins and I would dare each other to pee on the fence when we were kids.
hossblake We did too, but there was no way I would do it after seeing my cousin suffering while doing it?
I work on a farm and that is a myth
Maybe with some systems, but my Grandpa's system straight from the 50s says otherwise. Trust me, you don't forget what it feels like to have your pecker shocked.
hossblake every system is the same all have them do the same thing
Ryan, For your fence splices go look up the western union or linemans splice. Done properly it is stronger than the wire and will conduct electricity just fine. Used it a lot with both barbed and high tension fencing.
We had a kid pee on the electric wire one time after being told not to. Hahahahaha hehehehehe yup
lol
funny you say that, back in 1988 I had these people come visit and there son asked were he can pee, I told him to go pee on that post, well we all know what little boys like to do when peeing out doors.. lmao
Kenneth Marlow did he get shocked
I've had many shocking experiences with the electric fence! Kept me well grounded.
It keeps me on my toes!
Mikellius I can go on an on lol
great pics of you and the kids
Farm life looks very relaxing, but a lot of hard work
Had permission to ride on a farmers land, tried to go under a lone wire with my quad. Long story short, I lifted the wire up and shocked the shit out of my hand. Was numb for a couple min. I even got a video of it lmao
I told my brother to pee on the electric fence and he did. Man was he pissed at me. Pun intended. True story.
Thanks for posting the highs and lows and various “volts of excitement “ that full scale family crop and cattle framing can provide!
Oh that reaction on around the 2 min mark, been there done that!
It's so interesting seeing the differences on how we do it. In Norway we use plastic or glass fiber poles. Also there is illegal to use barbed wire. We use about 6000-10 000 volts on the wire as well.
Joakim Sveen Flåtten I feel like 6000-10000 is a little much for a cow ex specially for a baby cow
@@GamerDestroyer-iz5pg we have a lot less voltage for the smaller cows😁
But 6000-10 000 volts are no problem. Sure, it does hurt, but they learn from it. The cows respect the wire after one or two shocks. I know there are a lot of opinions on this, but it dosen't matter. The laws i Norway is among the strictest laws in the world. So i do believe we are not hurting the cows👍
I had to laugh watching this. I did the same personal test last night even though I had a fence tester.
Me and my brothers used to play with the electric fence. No idea why
We did too. Let’s you know you’re still alive!
Another great video as always!!!
I can tell Travis was in the gator recently. Mtn dew can
The saper as you call it should be in the shed
Thanks Ryan love the video on the farm .
I will like your video you do a great job nice meeting you at farm show 2022 wilder farm
So how do you know what calf belongs to which cow? We always keep them the same as the mom so you know whos who and if there is any problems you can trace it. We have to keep track of 100 though. It keeps record keeping much easier. I use the fly tags that you can write on for calves, then you can make it whatever number you want. Good luck!
almost looks like you need to rake and bale your lawn haha
Why don't u just buy the blank tags and use the paint markers so you can put what ever number u want on?? Then u don't need to keep buying pre numbered packs.. works good for us
I’ve tried that and the marker always degrades until it’s unreadable every time.
Buy tags from Temple Tag (www.datamarsna.com) and you can order replacement numbers, out of sequence numbers, skipped numbers, etc. Send them in a spreadsheet and there's no setup charge. Also their applicator has a swivel rivet holder so you don't risk splitting the calf's ear when they jerk away from you. Best ear tag company out there.
We use their EID slaughter tags here as their pins are harder and sharper, also use their reader as for loading them up you can just walk up the race and you can then just count them to double check and then let them out, a lot quicker than our other one. Shearwell tags are good too and do free replacements.
I’ll check them out!
These are the other ones we use that do cattle tags like yours as well and do free replacements at least over here so I would presume in the America too though as their rep is in Viking territory I don't know if it will put you off
Dan Persons
dan.persons@shearwell.com
10169 110th Street
Kensington, MN 56343
Mobile: 320-760-4696
Just want to say thank you for the merchandise you sent me come real quick and I really support you guys tks gary
What's with the abandon hay trailer the round bale trailer
Why don’t u throw the strap over the bales and not around so it’s secured to the trailer
Do you keep them for Pat's or is it hamburger on the hoof
You know what's more fun than watching cows grow and crops grow? Watching concrete cure. I have a lot of respect for farmers. I sure wish I could've done something on a farm when I was in better health.
Then there’s my personal favorite, watching paint dry
So....do you cut your lawn in swaths?
Sometimes those insulators are a pain in the are to get on.
Halter training went pretty good
You should name him Shawty
This has to be one of my favorite videos. Thanks!
That mama trusts you don’t she...
That is what I miss the most moving off of the farm. The cows. Something so peaceful working with cattle. I learned a long time ago though that you don't name your food! Great vid!
I love cows especially after I got use to my granddad's thirty odd years ago when I was five or six when he had shorthorns, simmentals and sussex. Not so keen on the more flighty breeds like limousines the couple we had that I showed were just plain nuts. To be honest I prefer them to sheep but being set up and fenced for the latter, the fine margin that there is in cattle at the moment as well as everything with bTB I just don't see it as being viable to switch especially with all the footpaths crossing all but five of our fields.
I'm not going to hurt him
To much
I spent a lot of time breaking calves to lead for 4h and ffa shows. I hope to get my boys into it as well. It's a good way to learn patience and the value of work. As usual great video, and how is drinking the maple syrup straight coming along.
Can you tell me how to make a cattle pen?
one thing you should know about farming is that GMO crops are bad. Only non GMO crops are good. I'd rather not put microscopic organisms that were modified in a laboratory inside myself
If we didn't have GMO crops there would be even more rampant starvation. Simply not enough to go around. Luckily, thus far, we have outpaced population growth. Someday this will be a much finer line. Good luck eating anything that isn't GMO or didn't eat GMO grains. You will find nothing. And if you do, its probably mislabeled.
My buddies dad used to send me and him out to check the fence, he always had us go about 30 feet and grab it, if it felt like a post driver hit you on the head, and drove your feet into the ground, it worked
Do you have 2 have 2 tags
We installed a couple of those "fence flashers" on the electric fence so we can tell at a glance if it's working properly or not... Basically, they're a small red strobe light in a weatherproof housing that clips onto the hot wire. You then push a ground probe wire down into the ground (or since we use the other barb wires and steel posts as the ground, I wedge the ground probe in between the wire and steel post-- it can still ground through the steel T-post itself or the barb wire to other T-posts). It flashes about once a second if the fence is working properly. If it quits flashing or the flashing drops to about once every 3-6 seconds, you know you have fence problems.
Biggest problem with electric fencing is getting and maintaining a good ground. Usually they tell you to hammer in at least 3 six foot long ground rods into the soil spaced at least 6 feet apart, wire them together, and then wire that to the charger ground post. When we installed out electric fence, I wired it to all five barb wires on the perimeter fence... they're all attached to T-posts (the entire fence is T-posts) and directly attached to steel corners set in concrete 3 feet deep in moist soil, so the entire fence itself acts as a ground... Electric fences can be notorious for "not working" when the ground is dry, because the cattle can touch the wire without enough electricity flowing through their feet down into the ground to shock them because of dry soil conditions. Having the main barb wires of the fence hooked to ground, as well as the fence grounded to the earth by all those T-posts and corner posts, means that even if the ground is bone dry, if the cow touches the hot wire and is pushing against the fence trying to eat through it or something, when she touches a barb wire she gets an extra-hot shock and gets out of there quick... the electricity only has to flow from the hot wire through her hide to the barb wire or ground, meaning she gets the hottest shot possible from the fence. Plus, which has lower resistance, a mile of straight steel barb wire, or a mile of soil?? It's sort of a "dual ground" system since both the soil AND the barb wire can provide a path back to the fence charger...
Our system puts out 10,000 volts, low impedance. You don't fiddle with it like you did grabbing the wire! LOL:) When I was installing the fence flasher by my driveway (that way I can see if it's flashing every time I pull out of the drive or pull in, by seeing it in the rearview mirror, and I can see it from the end of the porch too) I got a little too close to the wire and that sumb!tch lit me up... I didn't make a face and do the little hand-wavy thing you did-- I shouted an expletive that begins with F and ends with K loud enough they could probably hear it in town (five miles away)... LOL:) Needless to say, the cows don't mess with the fence anymore... The other flasher is on the fence behind my brother's house so he can see it from his kitchen window and help keep an eye on it, particularly when I'm out of town...
Those things are terrific and REALLY helpful... about $30 bucks a piece or so, but SO handy so you know whether the electric fence is working properly or not just at a glance...
Later! OL J R :)
Electric barb is a bit dangerous don’t you think. It’s legal here in New Zealand
Central Iowa Farmer mate I’m a life time farmer you can’t bullshit a bullshitter. Even though there is “not enough electrical charge to cause damage” stock can and do get tangled in barb easier than plain wire I’ve seen it myself, that’s why it’s illegal here (sorry meant to say illegal in the first comment) and barb wire hurts at the best of times let alone when there’s 7-10 thousand volts going through it
Central Iowa Farmer right mate no need to start an argument was just stating a fact
Love your videos
There's that noise we all hate, the calf BWAA, i tend to just get up n go at that point, it's not the cow you're lookin at it's the one you can't see. should find some big square bale twine for makin a baby halter, easy to knot and won't dig into the calf's skin. i've always thought barb would work well on electric fence to get through the hair to zap. cheers.
We always used tags that you can write on yourself with special tag markers. Then don't have the issue with having to buy new bags of tags all the time. They work great. My brother had dairy cattle and I milked for him. Always replacing tags!
Hey ryan have you ever considered cover cropping your farm/adding diversity to your pastures? If you havent would you consider doing it this year? Also your sound was really off today like an air tunnel.
Patriots electric fences suck. Gallagher electric fences are awesome! And good for bovine bulls! 🥇
Dad loved to grab me and the electric fence. His way of training to be on your game and ready to go vs head on the clouds. The end of the circuit gets the larger wake up. Never needed coffee. If he didnt have asthma, I would be farming I believe. 1973 Vietnam ended but I was committed to UWEC great business program and even better nursing. 2 to 1 women to men, pulling in the blonde beauties from MN. Competition was great and man it was fun. Be careful when seeking relief. That is way past crawl to his a wire where travis might hit it. Wink wink. Farmers were dam tough linebackers.
We use blank tags for the calf tags. We then write the cow's number on the tag and tag her calf. You know instantly which cow and which calf go together. The only drawback is that after a year the ink is badly faded, which can be a problem if you background your calves and are to cheap to retag them.
Did anyone else watch all of the ad at the beginning THAT WAS SCARY!!!
I personally like using the personal touch when testing electric fence as the shorting method sure you hear a spark but it could be a weak spark and a electronic tester can give you a false reading plus they don't last and they are not cheap, I want to know it is hitting hard and the only way to know for sure is using the personal touch. if my cows have to take a hit I will take it too, I hate them yellow tee post insulators as the never snap tight to the post I always have to hay wire every one as the slide down the post and fall off. back in the day they use to make good ones, not no more, it is next to impossible to find halters for calves that even come close to fitting even at 10 months old, I have to make my own
HA good video
That's a shocker of a fence. I touched a electric fence that was 20+ jewls it was quite a shock to the system called swearing like f*ck. Great vid
Ryan, today's my birthday in today's video, can you give me a shout out?
Happy birthday James, unfortunately today's video has already been uploaded.
Interesting video! At 8:12, I was surprised it didn’t shock harder than that!
They usually aren’t too bad! We aren’t trying to cook them on the hoof!
How Farms Work lol. that’s right!
Blank tags and a magic marker or spray paint the numbers on the tags
Have tried that, it always wears off
I show cows
Raven is spunky, but I know she'll be one of your favorites. Your cattle must have been quite eager to get some fresh grass in their bellies. Thanks for walking us through some of your cattle-handling tasks. I'll see you and everyone else in a month.
Used to put in around a mile and a half every fall around the corn stubble and then take it back out again in the spring for a farmer I worked for.. When I was a youngster i touched electric fence in my grandpa's cow yard and didn't feel anything so he told me to touch the fence and the waterer at the same time. He got quite a chuckle out of it but I learned the definition of a good ground!!
Wish we had your rules though it is bad enough with the individual numbers for sheep but a farm in our county that have over a thousand dairy cows were running in and out of the office as the building 20ft away was ablaze and causing the windows to shatter around them because of the heat even though the fire brigade had evacuated the houses over a 100 yards to rescue the cattle passports because of all the red tape that it would have devastated them if they had been lost.
always teat with a blade of green grass,hold it on the wire,farther u are from the wire with the grass,better the bite,closer u get,weaker the bite
Some pretty nice karma happening to the farming life this Spring fun to watch
Occasionally give him a little sugar, it works even with cows.
Need to get the round-up on the grass around those fences. Keep the cattle from trying to graze it.
I love the fact that you are so good with the calves and cows!! Thank you for that!!
Never would have thought of using barbed wire as a hot wire!
Oh ps I hit my forehead on one and got 7 jolts of power right through my hand and out
you don't need to unplug the electric fence when your fixing it.
4th
Why were you still sitting on the calf after you tagged it
Another great vid Ryan.. Thanks for sharing..
Do the video of lawn mowing your yard's
Ryan the best way for you to get her to walk is to get the halter on her and tie her up for a half hour a day
Got her tied up right now!
How Farms Work cool , hope she Cooperates for you been showing cows since I was 6 (16 now) and that was the best way I could break them to lead had some great showmanship animals from doing that
You can hear a hunting horn in the background after he tags the calf
We used to use screwdrivers to check the fences but your way works
what do you think of solar electric fence units
I use a peace of grass to see how much shock in it the closer you get the less shook is in it
Y’all should start getting into show cattle
👍
don't pee on the hot wire!!! ya enough said!!!
Raven seems easier to break than my heifer...
You can get the ones that you can write on the tags
It’s ok, I’m not going too hurt him, too much!
Farm day 2019 calf walks
Check out these electric fence insulators. I just got some and love them. LockJawz
Find them on Facebook
I bet Ryan won't pin this one :)
Just Wright your own tags
Great video ryan keep it up
Awesome video... was just curious..did you ever see or try the lock jaws T post insulators? they look like they secure the wire a bit closer to the post & wont let it pull as much..(not connected with them in any way... just an observation) ...keep up the awesome work!!!
I’ll have to check em out!
Mini Mooos aint they cute
Hi nice work
I have not seen those insulators before (I don't think). Of course we always has the old porcelain ones which we would wire to the metal posts or nail into wood posts.
thr8061 those are called standoff insulators. We used to use ones that were shorter and closer to the post.
Nice vids man!
Hi why do u use barb wire if the fence is electric sort of defeats the purpose fo the barbs doesn't it?
Tom Lang this way they won't try to stick their head between the barbes.
Fence tool helps
We're is Jamie
Good afternoon
Great vid Ryan
Do you guys still have chickens?
Not right now, but I know Mom is interested in raising some more!
Good job
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