Making A Rabbit Run

We put up temporary electric fencing each year to facilitate the movement of the main herd from grazing on one side of the 26 acre field to the be able to graze around the perimeter of the 16 acre field. Before we started putting up the ‘Rabbit Run’, the herd would scatter and tromp up the hay field as it was growing when we needed to move the group.

Mike came up with the idea of just enough fencing to keep both mothers and babies directed to the fence line across the expanse of field. The temporary fence is wide enough to drive the Gator through if needed, we usually get the cows to take the path by following the Gator to the new grazing ground.

Once the grass in the hayfield is near harvest time, we pull the t-posts and electrified wires out so that the field can be mowed, raked, baled and picked up easily.

The Rabbit Run is not one of those hard chores but it did take all three of us most of the day to complete. While we were working on the run, the main herd had bunched up by the gate and was ready to try out the path, but we did not actually move the herd until the next day.

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