If you don't mind, can you share the cost of the system and if it there is also a subscription on top of the collar cost? Do you have to swap batteries or do the solar panels provide enough charge throughout the day? I am really considering going this route for paddock grazing after I install a perimeter fence.
The cost is based on a tiered system, so it does vary. We have $250 per collar invested plus a $2.50 per month per collar fee. A very cheap way to manage cattle on our farm as they are scheduled to move 6 times per day right now, our pasture utilization is very high. With the solar panel on the collar there is no need to charge batteries. After using the system for a few months now I still highly recommend this system from Gallagher. Also the tech support is amazing.
@@echoyfarms Is this video representative of what you are terming high utilization? Will they push out of the boundary if you push utilization higher than this?
@@SmokeRiverRanchno not representative to high utilization. This was still during the training process. We were moving once per day when we got the collars back in August. But have moved to 6-7 moves per day during the late summer and are currently moving 5-6 moves per day in the winter. Currently we are moving 70 pairs 5 times per day on a total of .6 acres of new pasture BUT the back fence is not moving up because they need to get back to their frost free water source. During the summer the smallest paddock we had about 100 head in was .3 of an acre and from there we allocate the paddock bigger then move to the next watering point and start at the .3 again and allocate bigger. If that makes sense. Remember the calves can go anywhere kinda like creep grazing. When younger they stay by mom good but now they are all over. But then again they are getting the best eating while the cows are grazing some stockpiled pastures that have been rested for 16 months.
@@echoyfarms .3 acres is pretty tight! We run 310 animal units on about .6 of an acre per section Have any videos you can link for me on high utilization? I've had to use a super hot fence charger to get them to respect it during training on grazing high utilization We creep graze calves under the poly wire too, basically the same thing already
@@SmokeRiverRanch don’t have a video but have photos. Not sure how to attach here on RUclips. Hit me up with a message on Facebook I can get you some pictures.
Yes if they got out of the Virtual fence by continuing forward through the fence they would be free to roam the farm or the area within a perimeter fence. A herd animal like these cows normally would proceed back into the herd if only a few would get out.
It is very rare for a well-trained animal to escape the boundary of a virtual paddock, but it is possible under certain circumstances, such as being chased by a predator. However, we have observed that animals typically return to the confines of the virtual paddock on their own.
Interesting - seems like most folks would evaluate Halter and Vence (Merck) along with eShepherd (Gallagher) and NoFence. Hope you have a great experience!
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New video. Woohoo. Looks like a cheese wheel.
Yes indeed I guess we are in Wisconsin so a cheese wheel would make sense. 😂
If you don't mind, can you share the cost of the system and if it there is also a subscription on top of the collar cost? Do you have to swap batteries or do the solar panels provide enough charge throughout the day? I am really considering going this route for paddock grazing after I install a perimeter fence.
The cost is based on a tiered system, so it does vary. We have $250 per collar invested plus a $2.50 per month per collar fee. A very cheap way to manage cattle on our farm as they are scheduled to move 6 times per day right now, our pasture utilization is very high. With the solar panel on the collar there is no need to charge batteries. After using the system for a few months now I still highly recommend this system from Gallagher. Also the tech support is amazing.
@@echoyfarms Is this video representative of what you are terming high utilization? Will they push out of the boundary if you push utilization higher than this?
@@SmokeRiverRanchno not representative to high utilization. This was still during the training process. We were moving once per day when we got the collars back in August. But have moved to 6-7 moves per day during the late summer and are currently moving 5-6 moves per day in the winter. Currently we are moving 70 pairs 5 times per day on a total of .6 acres of new pasture BUT the back fence is not moving up because they need to get back to their frost free water source.
During the summer the smallest paddock we had about 100 head in was .3 of an acre and from there we allocate the paddock bigger then move to the next watering point and start at the .3 again and allocate bigger. If that makes sense.
Remember the calves can go anywhere kinda like creep grazing. When younger they stay by mom good but now they are all over. But then again they are getting the best eating while the cows are grazing some stockpiled pastures that have been rested for 16 months.
@@echoyfarms .3 acres is pretty tight! We run 310 animal units on about .6 of an acre per section
Have any videos you can link for me on high utilization? I've had to use a super hot fence charger to get them to respect it during training on grazing high utilization
We creep graze calves under the poly wire too, basically the same thing already
@@SmokeRiverRanch don’t have a video but have photos. Not sure how to attach here on RUclips. Hit me up with a message on Facebook I can get you some pictures.
If they got on the other side of the shock, are they free to roam the whole farm?
Yes if they got out of the Virtual fence by continuing forward through the fence they would be free to roam the farm or the area within a perimeter fence. A herd animal like these cows normally would proceed back into the herd if only a few would get out.
It is very rare for a well-trained animal to escape the boundary of a virtual paddock, but it is possible under certain circumstances, such as being chased by a predator. However, we have observed that animals typically return to the confines of the virtual paddock on their own.
Did you look into Halter collars?
The only companies that responded to our request for more information was Gallagher and NoFence.
Interesting - seems like most folks would evaluate Halter and Vence (Merck) along with eShepherd (Gallagher) and NoFence. Hope you have a great experience!