For close to ten years, we have only used a barb wire fence to separate our west paddock often used for bulls from the corral around the barn here at home. Many times over these years we have had to re-stretch the wire and repair breaks. We moved in the herd bulls from Rocky Branch Monday to join the three bulls in this 9 acre paddock. Yesterday morning we had no fence. They had taken down all of the wire just leaving the t-posts.

Another non-planned project. All of the t-posts were pulled up to be re-set. Additional steel pipe braces are set in concrete and cross pieces welded. Tomorrow we will stretch 48 inch high woven wire topped by several strands of barb wire. Will it work? I wonder.

Bulls have a mind of their own. If any females are any place near them they will take down all barriers between them or climb over the fence. Only a very hot electric wire will deter them. We are learning this at Rocky Branch and next breeding season will have more electric wire up so we do not have to repair fences rolled over by 2,000 pound bulls.