Escape artist, who should I kill first?

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

If she's still a bottle baby that changes the scenario a bit. Ours follow us around like little hopping shadows and are terribly upset if we are in view but not in tasting distance. Because my pants might have milk on them or something.

Ours seem to settle down about 2-4 weeks after weaning. They are still very excited to see us but it is less frantic.

I'm working on weaning them now. My husband wants me to give her a second chance. If I do, he is going to have to run some electric fence because I'm not doing it!

Where are you I'll take her! I HEART Nubians!

 

[sawfish99]

It's legal to eat goat.

 

[Mossy Stone Farm]

 

[Citylife]

How incouraging this discussion is. LOLOLOLOL my baby nubians are almost a month old and flinging their bodies against the shed next to them and already 1/2 crazy. My little "kenya" is even learning how to untie knots and bum rush you at the gate to get out. Sure wish they would start to play with my cocker spaniels....... that would at least tire them a bit.
With electric fencing, how many strands are best and about how high do you place them?

 

[dianneS]

How incouraging this discussion is. LOLOLOLOL my baby nubians are almost a month old and flinging their bodies against the shed next to them and already 1/2 crazy. My little "kenya" is even learning how to untie knots and bum rush you at the gate to get out. Sure wish they would start to play with my cocker spaniels....... that would at least tire them a bit.
With electric fencing, how many strands are best and about how high do you place them?

My babies will be 11 weeks old in two days. They are weaned now and not driving me as crazy anymore. However, the one girl is still escaping. She doesn't stray far from the fence and will go back in if the other goats wander too far from her.

I was going to run a strand of electric along the bottom of my woven wire field fence that is tacked to my 4 rail, split rail horse fence. I just have to keep this one little bugger from sneaking under the woven wire fence, so one strand along the bottom should suffice. I don't know how many strands you would need of just electric fence alone to keep goats in? Probably a lot! The only type of goat I know that will stay contained with two or three strands of electric fence are fainting goats.

 

[jimhammer1]

I too have an escape artist to include up and over a 6 foot fence. Electric has stopped it and makes me stay alert, as well. A strand at the top and one at the bottom about a foot off the ground. They stay away from the fence.

 

[currycomb]

don't let my goats read about your goats! i have nubians and they stay behind their fences like good girls. the fainter was the escape artist, but the dogs kept her away from ornamentals and the front yard.(sold the fainter and the bottle babies, too much drama, and someone else wanted them)

 

[dianneS]

don't let my goats read about your goats! i have nubians and they stay behind their fences like good girls. the fainter was the escape artist, but the dogs kept her away from ornamentals and the front yard.(sold the fainter and the bottle babies, too much drama, and someone else wanted them)

Huh, the fainter was the escape artist? I thought fainters were supposed to be easier to contain? I guess you never know with goats!

 

[Roll farms]

It's the Togg in her making her obnoxious. We couldn't keep Toggs in, our Nubs and boers never get out.

And now....I have a half togg/half boer kid to worry about b/c....DH loves her.

MEN!

 

[dianneS]

It's the Togg in her making her obnoxious. We couldn't keep Toggs in, our Nubs and boers never get out.

And now....I have a half togg/half boer kid to worry about b/c....DH loves her.

MEN!

Really? DH loves this one too.

She's not very bright either. One of those goats that gets so excited about things that she doesn't even acknowledge potential danger and such... if you know the type, you know what I mean. Like jumping and bouncing around in unsafe situations completely oblivious to the fact that she could break a leg. She takes no notice of the dog growling at her when she gets too near his food, and eventually ends up standing in the dogs food dish trying to climb the fence... dog growls and snaps, finally chasing stupid goat away (now covered in slobber, thankfully not blood... yet), but does she learn??? Noooooooooo, she comes right back for more. She's going to get herself killed.

Just no common sense in this one at all.