Earth stake

  1. Easter Opening Times & Shipping Information 2025

    Electric Fencing Direct at Easter

     

    Electric Fencing Direct Easter Opening Hours

    Office Opening Times

    You will be able to contact us on:

    Friday 18th April - in the office - by email or phone

    Saturday 19th April - out of the office - by email

    Sunday 20th April - out of the office - by email

    Monday 21st April  - in the office - by email or leave us a message and we'll call you back

     

    Dispatch Opening Times

    If you are planning on doing some electric fencing work over the Easter break and if you require your order before the Easter

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  2. Easter Opening Times & Shipping Information 2024

    Electric Fencing Direct at Easter

     

    Electric Fencing Direct Easter Opening Hours

    Office Opening Times

    You will be able to contact us on:

    Friday 29th March - in the office - by email or phone

    Saturday 30th March - out of the office - by email

    Sunday 31st March - out of the office - by email

    Monday 1st April  - in the office - by email or leave us a message and we'll call you back

     

    Dispatch Opening Times

    If you are planning on doing some electric fencing work over the Easter break and if you require your order before the Easter Weekend

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  3. Easter Opening Times & Shipping Information

    Easter Opening Times & Shipping Information

    Electric Fencing Direct Easter Opening Hours

    You will be able to contact us on:

    Friday 15th April 2022  - by email.

    Saturday 16th April 2022 - by email

    Sunday 17th April 2022  - by email

    Monday 18th April 2022  - by email

    Dispatch Opening Times

    If you are planning on doing some electric fencing work over the Easter break and if you require your order before the Easter Weekend please place your order on Wednesday 13th April before 12 o'clock - we will do all that we can to dispatch

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  4. The Basics: Components of a Poultry Netting Kit Explained

    The Basics: Components of a Poultry Netting Kit Explained

    Poultry Netting Kits

    Whether you have an egg producing business or you have a few hens in your back garden you may both be confused as to which electric fencing net or system would suit your hens' needs best and keep Mr Fox out!  So in this blog we explain the components of a poultry netting kit.

    We know our netting systems work because they are tried and tested by us.  We have experience of putting up and taking down poultry netting kits.  So if you are bamboozled by the choice or are having

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  5. Electric Fencing - The Basics... How does an electric fence work?

    Electric Fencing - The Basics... How does an electric fence work?

    In this series of blogs we are going aim to answer the most frequently asked questions and try to dispel many of the myths surrounding electric fencing.  If this is the first time you have used electric fencing you may want to read these informative blogs to understand the basics and find out how an electric fence works.  So how does an electric fence work?

    What does an electric fencing system consist of?

    Before we get on to how an electric fence works it is important to know what the main components

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  6. The Hotline Hot Gate

    The Hotline Hot Gate

     

    The Hotline Hot Gate

    Hello sunshine in East Lothian and its welcomed by the singing of the birds and clucking of hens. After what feels like a long wet windy winter how is the your ground around your poultry netting gate? Churned up like a Clydesdale has ploughed through?? I bet it is and for those of you thinking no my ground is fine is it because you already have the lovely convenient Hotline HOT GATE?

    What can a Hot Gate do for you?

    Well let me tell you a wee bit about the HOT GATE and

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  7. Is my netting working properly?

    Is my netting working properly?

     

    Here are some tips on what to check to make sure your netting is running at full capacity:

    1.  Use your KV10 LED fence tester for this as not only does it let you know the fence has power but it tells you how much power
    2.  Your netting is up and in place and has been for some time: (please make sure you turn the power off before you do theses checks)
    • Is the battery nice and charged? Is it connected to the fence in the correct way (from the energiser to the fence red clip to netting connection
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  8. Rotational grazing

    Rotational grazing

    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

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  9. Essential & Useful Accessories - Earth Stake or Earth Rod

    Essential & Useful Accessories - Earth Stake or Earth Rod

    This blog should help you to understand one of the most essential and useful accessories of an electric fencing system - the Earth Stake or Earth Rod.

    Earth Stake or Earth Rod - A Guide:

    Most electric fencing problems are caused by poor earthing.  Having a good earth system connected to your electric fence will ensure a system that works effeciently - this is often over looked but is perhaps as important as planning the fence layout or choosing the right energiser.

    Always bear in mind that all

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  10. Exciting new website

    Exciting new website

    YEPEE WE LAUNCHED OUR EXCITING NEW WEBSITE TODAY.

    We have been working on this for some time to make it shiny and new but most importantly easy to use and shop.

    We hope you like it and continue to shop with us.

    Sign up to our news letter for any more up and coming changes or offers we put on.

    Also please be patient with us as its new for us and a whole new system behind it and it might take us a day or 2 to settle into it.

    We are available on Live Chat to answer any questions and give you the

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