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Animal Handling & Planning
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Docking Net makes sheep handling easy
Friday, 14 August 2009
Farmers from North Cape to Bluff have found that using Docking Net™ as a temporary wing fence for handling sheep and lambs when tailing saves time and stress for them, their dogs and the sheep as well.
 | | Docking Net makes handling sheep a breeze. | Lifestyle block owners might say “what’s in it for me? I’ve only got five or six sheep.” The thing is, you still have to do all the same things as a sheep farmer and usually with less facilities and no dog.
This is where Docking Net™ comes in; don’t put off drenching or tailing because you can’t get them in. Just make a small solid pen (the crate off a trailer is ideal) and put this up beside a permanent fence.
Then use a roll of Docking Net™ as a wing out from the entrance to the pen, making a funnel that gets wider as it goes. Getting the sheep in will be easy with no dog required.
Docking Net™ is made from electric fence polywire and can be electrified (not necessary when using as a wing) and used as a temporary fence for break feeding through-out the year. It comes as a complete fence with its own fiberglass posts all in place in the net. Available in 35m & 50m lengths, it takes just 5 minutes to erect.
As sheep farmers ourselves we have designed this net to the requirements of New Zealand farmers and those who have used it have appreciated how well it works.
Other types of electric netting are also available for poultry, goats, sheep and rabbits.
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