need fencing help

[countrydreamn]

newbie here, needing to know how much fencing supplies for roughly 5 acres.

I am thinking of using t-posts, probably wooden corner posts, but I don't know what type of fence. I have two boar goats, pigs that I would like to pasture-they will come to their names and corn, and looking at getting a Jersey cow.

So can someone tell me how many posts, how far apart, what would be the best fence?

If it matters the pigs would only be out during the day, penned at night.

Oh I do have a small hot fence box not sure, it would do the whole acres.

I have currently 30 posts, the wooden posts, 1 spool of barbed wire, and the hot fence supplies.

Thanks,

Debi

[Up North]

Originally Posted by countrydreamn

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So can someone tell me how many posts, how far apart, what would be the best fence?

Debi

Wood corner posts. Line posts every 18 feet ... 5 steel T-Posts, then one wood post, then 5 steel T-Posts, then one wood, and so on.
6 or 7 Wire High - Tensile Electric Fence. Some, but not all wires electrified.

Find a different home for the barb wire.

[agmantoo]

One woven wire we never go that far between line posts. For a strong fence 10 feet between lines posts, using tee posts, is far enough. On high tensile single strains you can go much farther as Up North stated. Small low output fence chargers are best to prevent dogs from peeing on shrubs.

[Wags]

You can skip the wood fence posts if you use something like Wedge-Loc to brace your t-posts. The cheapest place I found to get them is Kencove Fence - free shipping on order over $50. Sure is a lot easier than digging a post hole.

We just fenced in a few acres using field fence - and spaced the t-posts 8 ft apart. We will have a variety of animals - goats, donkeys, cows, etc... using the pasture and wanted to be sure and have a fence that would handle all of them and discourage stray dogs and coyotes.