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Dog Containment Fence Repair

January 22, 2014 by Darren

How to repair a break in a dog containment system’s boundary wire.

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Science and Technology Tagged: dog, electric fence, pigs

The Cost Of Raising Your Own Pigs For Meat

February 16, 2011 by Darren

A complete summary of the costs for our first foray into raising our own pigs for meat, from piglet purchase right through to slaughter and butchering.

Posted in: Frugality, Gleaning, Illawarra Businesses, Keeping Animals Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, electric fence, feral fruit, freezer, fruit trees, meat, pigs, pork, vegetable garden, Waste, weeds

Electric Fence Keeps Pigs In!

September 26, 2010 by Darren

I finally got to install my electric fence yesterday morning, and we haven’t had any more trouble from the pigs. For the electric fence energiser, I bought a Thunderbird BD-20. This is a neat little 2 km “strip grazer”, powered by 4x D-cell batteries. I don’t have mains power near the pig pen because it’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: electric fence, fencing, pigs

The Pigs Escaped!

September 24, 2010 by Darren

The pigs have escaped three times this week! Luckily, they’ve only got out into our yard. Each time, they just hang around in the garden, dig up the grass a bit, and lay in the sun. Putting them back in their pen was pretty easy – they’re just like flighty chickens. They’ll flee if you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: electric fence, fencing, pigs

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