- Thread starter
- #11
Fences
- Thread starter mystry
- Start date
lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
Haha. Well good luck. If you have anymore questions just ask!!
goats&moregoats
True BYH Addict
Picture of my pallet fence. This is one we are in the process of working on, enclosing about 1/2 an acre total. They are currently in a smaller pallet fence area now. I do have hot wire up, but it is for the dogs not the goats. None of my goats have ever jumped this including a buck I had that was 1/2 Oberhasli and 1/2 Pygmy. His picture is below. He was much taller than my Dwarf Nigerians. don't have a clue as to why, but they just don't try to jump this.
nstone630
True BYH Addict
I have to add - when I told my father in law I was buying goats he laughed. I asked him what was so funny. He replied "when you can keep water in a fence, you'll keep goats in a fence".
I've heard from local goat farmers that bottle fed are horrible about this, and also ones that have been kept as a "pet" not in a fence are horrible. We had one given to us (he is no longer ours bc of this problem). He was a "pet" where he came from. He wouldn't even stay in our electric fence. But the 2 we have now came from a farm that they were raised as babies in a fence and NOT bottle fed. Knock on wood, they are 6 months old and never once attempted to get out.
Good luck!!!!
I've heard from local goat farmers that bottle fed are horrible about this, and also ones that have been kept as a "pet" not in a fence are horrible. We had one given to us (he is no longer ours bc of this problem). He was a "pet" where he came from. He wouldn't even stay in our electric fence. But the 2 we have now came from a farm that they were raised as babies in a fence and NOT bottle fed. Knock on wood, they are 6 months old and never once attempted to get out.
Good luck!!!!
lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
I use stock panels, and once I started breeding, and getting kids, they would slip through the holes, so I went a bought A LOT if chicken wire, and lined the bottom of the pen. My bucks are ruff on that stuff when they are in that pen, so I have to fix spots if the fence every so often.
