When to Use Barbed Wire Fence？

While barbed wire fences are most commonly used to prevent predators from attacking your livestock, barbed wire fences can also prevent your animals from escaping. Additionally, these types of fences can be used to protect resources temporarily or permanently from grazing animals. If you are unsure about when barbed wire fencing should be used on your property, the farm fencing experts from Edge Wholesale Direct can help you make an informed decision.

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When is the Best Time to Use Barbed Wire Fencing?

Barbed wire fences are best used when you have cattle and any other large animals, as well as medium-sized animals like goats and sheep; however, when determining if you should use barbed wire for sheep, make sure to keep in mind that their fleece can get caught in the barbs.

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Some of the reasons you should consider installing a barbed wire fence include:

Protecting Sheep and Goats

When setting up barbed wire fencing to protect goats and sheep, the first wire should be 6 inches off the ground with the second wire 6 inches up from the first one. The following wires after that should be 8 inches apart from each other. For standard barbed wire fences, there are usually three to five horizontally stretched strands of barbed wire between the stakes.

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Keeping Out Predators

If predators such as domestic dogs and coyotes are in the area, place the first barbed wire at least 2 inches from the ground to discourage them from entering the premises. The overall height of the fence will depend on the type of animals that you are looking to protect. Barbed wire fencing should be at least 4 feet high for sheep, while barbed wire fencing for goats and cattle should be at least 6 feet high.

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Protecting Cattle

Since cattle will usually learn to stay away from the barbed wire after being pricked a few times, you will only need to put strands of barbed wire along the top and bottom of the fence. Barbed wire fencing is especially ideal for containing cattle, as it will not injure them.

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If you would like to learn more about when you should use barbed wire fencing, or if you are interested in our barbed wire fencing products, please contact Edge Wholesale Direct at 604-857-. Our team of farm fencing experts would love to help you select the best fencing products for your unique requirements.

Sometimes, barbed-wire fences get a bad rap. They think they are harmful to animals or is only for prisons. The truth is, barb fences have very useful purposes.

At Sierra Structures, we can think of three common reasons why these fences are used:

1. Protecting livestock from predators. 

If you have goats, sheep, cattle, chickens, pigs, etc., and they stay outside, using barbed wire fences helps protect them from predators. Animals such as coyotes, foxes, and other carnivores have to be kept out of your livestock’s feeding and grazing areas. The good news is that those same fences work the other way around by making sure your farmed animals stay inside your property and away from those predators on the outside.

2. Security for your business. 

If your business requires high-security, then placing barbed wire on top of your chain fence provide an extra level of security that keeps shady individuals from climbing your fence and getting inside.

3. It’s cost-effective.

Not only are the materials behind barbed wire less expensive than wood, stone, or other steel fences, but it’s less expensive to install and maintain. Barbed wire can also be moved, re-used or recycled much easier than those other materials.

One thing our customers should keep in mind with barbed wire is that its most effective feature—the sharp edges—contains risk. Clothes can easily snag on it, and children and small pets can get injured if they play too close. Exercise caution when choosing where to install it.