VALUE ECO PADDOCK POSTS (PACK OF 10)

OFFER PRICE £10.98  RRP £18.54

Permanent fencing? Paddock separation? Haylage making? Naughty puppy eating your veg? I even use my white ones for training my wee dog to sit in a marked place. EFD's Essential Accessories - 1 Meter Premium Paddock Posts are a great choice.

Our 1 meter value eco paddock posts are used for many many reason with many animals. We have all seen them in use in a horse field separating the field off or even in a field with sheep.

With Sun brings grazing and with grazing brings thought on how to make it Summer, Autumn and hopefully into the Winter grazing.

We have this great idea given to us by a lovely customer

How to make a field into 4 sections allowing the movement of your animals around,

This system uses 1.4 meter high posts so will keep sheep, goats, pigs and cattle and if you have more alternative animals lamas and alpacas happily grazing, if you want this for horses it is suggested at least the top

JULY OFFER : SOLAR PANELS 

Well, hello :-)

Solar assist panels

So why am I writing about this well of course to help save the environment and your time with an efficient and Eco solar powered electric fencing but also on a more serious note these panels will save you money (in the long term) and you may only need to charge the batteries you use potentially as little as 3 times a year, weather and sun dependent!!

Pricing:

10w Solar Panel & Stand 

Essential Accessories - Poultry Netting Accessories

If you have read out blog written by our very knowledgeable MD   The Basics: Components of a Poultry Netting Kit Explained . Then hopefully you have an understanding of your netting kit and what you have and maybe need. We hope you enjoy our Essential Accessories - Poultry Netting Accessories blog.

So you have your netting and are wondering - Is there anything else I might find useful or essential to help me with my great set up?

'HOT GATE'

An Essential Accessories

Connectors, Joiners and Tape Buckle

As many of you know ( well those of you with Electric fencing already) you need the following to make your fence work

• A power source - Mains, Battery or Battery and Solar
• An Energiser
• An Earth Stake

then the fencing to suit your needs.

What many people forget is how to join the fencing together ( especially if you have a break in it) - if tape PLEASE DO NOT TIE IT IN A KNOT,

Using a connector will help with conductivity on your lines and

Hello There Lovely Readers

How much power is needed to protect and deter animals?

We get asked this question a few times by people checking they have enough power on their fence, how much power do I need on my fence to keep x animal in or x animal out?

Below we go through what you need. Whether you are either protecting your animals/garden from predictors or keeping your animals in for their safety.

What we will go through in this blog is the recommended Voltage per animal, recommended heights

Electric Fencing Direct Easter Opening Hours

Good news! We are open to take your orders and chat with you on Easter Friday and also on Easter Monday!

Contact us as follows:

Friday 30th March 2018  - by email, phone and live chat

Saturday 31st March 2018 - by email

Sunday 1st April 2018  - by email

Monday 2nd April 2018  - by email, phone and live chat

Dispatch 

Orders received before Tuesday 27th March will be sent out by Wednesday 28th March.

Dispatch is closed Friday 30th

New Season New Reason to check your fencing

With a new season coming up soon I hope as I am freezing. We thought we would post our new season Check list for you to rung through.

Here are some things to check and look out for.

1. Check your power source? If mains - are all the connections still nice and tight no fraying? If battery - battery still charging? Are the energiser battery connections in place? If you are using a solar panel with a battery - is the solar panel in the correct

An electric fence is as good as the power that supplies it!

As winter draws in it is time to double check that your battery is in tip top working order.

Battery Tips:

• Think about covering your battery. As the temperatures drop so does the battery's efficiency.  Stand your battery on a wooden box, cover with a bucket to keep frost, snow, ice off.  Make your battery like you when you go out ... cover up, stay as dry as you can and keep warm!
• Freezing weather on an unprotected battery will 

Ok so Guy Fawkes is fast approaching us and I am sure much like everyone I am looking forward to the fireworks BUT there are many many animals out there who do not like and are very afraid of them. Please if you are having a display you let the pet owners and farmers in the area know when it is on.

Below is some helpful information from the SSPCA

As November approaches, we have issued our annual warning that fireworks can have a serious impact on the welfare of animals and we are calling for tighter