How to Choose the Right Livestock Fencing for Your Property

The United Kingdom is currently home to over 200 million livestock animals. This means farm animals roughly outnumber the people 3 to 1.

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Animal husbandry requires proper fencing to keep the domestic stock in and wild predators out. Livestock fencing also keeps people and animals safe from each other.

The best livestock fencing is tailored to your land and your livestock. How do you know which type is right for you?

Do you choose wood or wire fence panels? Do steel posts last longer than composite? Which options cost more?

If you have questions like these, look no further for the answers. Our guide covers the essential knowledge you need to choose an effective and enduring livestock fence.

Cost is the most overriding factor unless you have unlimited fence funding. Livestock fence costs are determined by:

• Materials
• Length
• Height
• Design
• Labour costs
• Livestock type(s)

Livestock fencing also requires ongoing maintenance. If you deal with larger animals, your repair and replacement expenses can run high.

Extra cheap fences may be tempting. But it’s vital to determine the short-term savings vs. their long-term durability and upkeep costs. Cut-price fencing also runs the risk of being shoddy and ineffective.

Fence panels are the actual barrier sections between your posts. Standard options include:

• Boards
• Pickets
• Rails
• Wires
• Wire mesh

Your animals’ health and safety rely on your livestock fencing. Chicken coops, for instance, need plenty of ventilation along with security. This is why coop designs opt for strong wire mesh (chicken wire) barriers over solid wood panels.

If your livestock includes jumpers like horses and goats, fence height is another key factor. They can easily clear a fence 1 metre high or less. (around 4ft in the U.S.)

You may have to boost the fence height, or add height extenders like wires. The official recommendation for livestock fencing is a minimum of 1.05 metres.

Wire fences come in two types:

• Horizontal wires
• Wire mesh panels

Horizontal wire fences connect long strands of wire to posts. The wires are generally spaced 15-30cm (6-12in) apart. They can be reinforced with braces and vertical/diagonal wire.

These fences generally allow smaller wild animals to slip under or through the wires. Barbed wire fencing is a common example.

Wire mesh fences have different designs. The wires are woven or welded together vertically and horizontally, forming a latticework. This results in a more solid barrier.

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Many wire mesh panels are specifically designed with certain livestock in mind. Chicken wire is a textbook example of this.

Our stock fencing comes in galvanised steel and will last for many years in the right conditions.

Your livestock fence posts and panels are vulnerable to more than animals and people. Other common fence damage causes include:

• Weathering
• Natural disasters
• Rot or rust
• Insects
• Mould

Your livestock fence should hold up to the local natural elements. For example, termites aren’t a big worry in the UK (yet). The cold and rainy weather is much a greater concern.

Fence material types include:

• Wood
• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• Composite
• Aluminium
• Steel

Wood is a popular material as it’s cheap and easy to get. Untreated wood is the least durable livestock fencing option, however. Hardier woods like oak offer more durability, but at higher costs.

PVC is a vinyl-plastic mix. It’s more resistant to the elements, but it’s not as strong as other materials. PVC is generally the cheaper option to composite.

Composite refers to wood mixed with plastics. It’s a much more durable option than wood. It’s especially good for livestock fencing that uses rails, like horse pasture fences.

Aluminium is a sturdy but flexible metal. It’s a great option for woven wire mesh panels and high-tensile electric fences. It’s also low maintenance.

Steel is stronger than aluminium, but also more expensive. Steel reinforced with zinc (galvanised) or chromium (stainless) is more resistant to corrosion. It can make high-strength welded mesh barriers and reinforced posts.

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Want to protect our property and territory, we can build a fence for it. In order to choose a suitable fencing, you need determine the functions of the fencing.

• Marked: It does not matter what type fence is installed, the main thing is that it stood out from the environment. When anyone seeing the fence, he will understand that this territory can not use it.
• Protection: Mounting a fence to defend the territory against outside intrusion, or protect the environment from what is in the boundary fence. For example, sport fence protects sport land from outside intrusion. Animal fencing in the zoo protects animals hurt by person, at the same time it will prevent the animals run out to hurt people.
• Division: Fencing for dog kennels, walkways, recreation areas, storage of hazardous substances, inland waters. In this case, the fencing aesthetic appearance is more important than protection function.
• Comfort: The feel of comfort is different for different people. Someone prefers tall and solid fence to protect from prying eyes and feel safe from the environment, others prefer to be in harmony with nature and makes clear fence.

The basic principle when choosing the fencing type is that the more complex and important tasks must implement the fence, the more coarsely will disrupt the harmony of the environment and landscape.

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