So I hooked up the solar electric fence for pigs on friday, let the shocking begin! (just kidding PETA). This is the solar fence charger we had bought last year.
and ran the electric tape around the bottom of the pen
I hooked up my leads
and waited, here pig pig, sue sue
they each got zapped twice and they were done, the next day I was feeding them and the wind blew the tape against a piece of grass and as soon as the pigs heard the snap of the wire they took off into the pen, they learned quick. So I decided on Sunday to let them out into the pasture area. I went around and weed wacked one more time under the wire
and started running the wire
the pigs are younger this year than last when I let them out so I lowered the bottom tape a little, you want it to hit them in the snout so the back up, if they get hit behind the ears they will surge forward through the tape
I did the same test as last year, I stuck some bread right under the wire to see if they would take it, after it sitting there all day left alone, I felt safe letting them out
they were a little hesitant at first
they quickly headed towards the tall grass and started rooting
My wife wanted to get in and play with the little buggers
she decided she wanted to pick one up so I could take a picture and send one to her mother
yeah they were having none of that
she tried sneaking up on them
fail!
