Affordable goat fencing options?

[mystry]

Every goat is different. I have 1 ND wether, that gets out just for fun. He scales the fence, the only thing we have found that stops him is having pallets in the areas he climbs. I don't exactly know how it works, I'm almost thinking it is because he can't see through them? My pygmy wether and my ND does just yell when the ND wether gets out. (tattletales!) Unless he went through the gate, then they will gladly follow the leader. I would have at least 4-5ft high fence though. For shelters we use the igloo dog houses. They fit in them well since they are small goats. And we also have them up against a building for wind protection. Welcome to the addiction. The first step is admitting you are addicted to goats. I'm not sure about recovery from this though, I haven't gotten that far in my journey yet! (I also started out with just 2, now am up to 5)

 

[Latestarter]

Welcome back @mystry ! You've been away from the site for a while! You need to/should start your own thread and post some pics of your goats! Your original posts were about fencing issues... Since the wether is escaping, I guess it's still an issue? Have you tried hot wire at the top?

 

[Kallymaiden]

I have 3 Nigerian Dwarfs in about 1200sf fenced area with a 4x8 house inside it. That is plenty of room for them but I do take them out and let them forage and herd them back in after they browse for a while. I have split rail fence backed by 4' wire fencing staked at the bottom every 3 feet or so. I have no problems.

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[Moody]

What a cute goat house!

We used the green wire filled gates for our goat areas. They work well for scratching or so the goats have indicated.

Wood posts do look better. We started cutting out dead cedar trees and using them as posts. Much cheaper. I have full sized goats and have mostly goat 4x4 fencing. More than the cheapest field fence but stretches nicer. I can only imagine the 2x4 non climb horse fence stretches even better.

Personally I would get the taller fence. It may be overkill but what if you want to house a larger animal later instead of just the Nigerian dwarfs now? At least for an initial pen I would do it super strength. But I understand saving some $$ especially if you know you don't want larger animals there it will be fine.