Portable Pens

[rodriguezpoultry]

Hello all,

Yesterday I found my doe inside the horse pasture. I found the two wethers still inside of their pen. Apparently she found a way outside of the pen through the TOP of the fencing. *facepalm*

So, now I'm looking for portable pens because apparently their current setup doesn't have the forage she's after. I found this nifty thing and think it might work out well for the 3 goats to get their munch on and then I lock them up at night.

Would this be sturdy enough for them to be left unsupervised during the daytime hours while I'm at work?
https://www.noble.org/news/publications/ag-news-and-views/2007/october/goats-and-weed-control/

Thank you!

If you have other ideas (other than the electric netting that I can't do), I'm listening! I need ridiculously easy to set up and move around but it also needs to be fairly sturdy (for a goat that can apparently climb a 6' tall chain link fence and use her massive arse to hold it down while she walks on top of it...

 

[Latestarter]

Get a collar tight enough that it will NOT slip over her head. Get a 25' plastic coated wire lead with clips on both ends. Clip her to the fence in a place where she can't get herself wrapped around anything but can swing in an arc to either side of the attachment point. Place water in a 5 gallon bucket at the outside edge of the arc where she can't flip it over or get tangled in it but can reach it to drink. Move the attachment point every couple of days.

 

[Hippie hollow]

Goats are crafty. If that goat finds a way to jump that fence wouldn’t the leash choke it. How big Are your goats and how many?

 

[Hippie hollow]

Hello all,

Yesterday I found my doe inside the horse pasture. I found the two wethers still inside of their pen. Apparently she found a way outside of the pen through the TOP of the fencing. *facepalm*

So, now I'm looking for portable pens because apparently their current setup doesn't have the forage she's after. I found this nifty thing and think it might work out well for the 3 goats to get their munch on and then I lock them up at night.

Would this be sturdy enough for them to be left unsupervised during the daytime hours while I'm at work?
https://www.noble.org/news/publications/ag-news-and-views/2007/october/goats-and-weed-control/

Thank you!

If you have other ideas (other than the electric netting that I can't do), I'm listening! I need ridiculously easy to set up and move around but it also needs to be fairly sturdy (for a goat that can apparently climb a 6' tall chain link fence and use her massive arse to hold it down while she walks on top of it...

I don’t think it’s necessarily that the area she is in doesn’t have the Ford she wants she probably got out because she’s a goat and she can’t. Same reason mine wedge them selves and a little opening under the shed or get in my trunk or wherever else they get themselves in trouble. I think goats just do things simply because they can. LOL. With the goats be able to have a little extra freedom once you’re home from work or would it be from the portable fence to shelter?

 

[greybeard]

I don’t think it’s necessarily that the area she is in doesn’t have the Ford she wants she probably got out because she’s a goat and she can’t.

 

[Hippie hollow]

Got a love goats! They are definitely escape artists. But over time you learn what they’re capable of and then sometimes they surprise you and what they’re capable of. If it is staked down correctly I could see the portable area working for certain amounts of time. Do they get any pasture or let out around the yard when you’re home from work?

 

[Hippie hollow]

Sorry I forgot to read that first post for corrections before I sent it. That was pretty rough. I can’t get Internet at my house so I work this all through a phone. And it loves to auto correct in the weirdest ways

 

[Donna R. Raybon]

Please do not tie out a goat. That is nothing more than set up for predator to have easy target. Premier 1 Has electric netting that will keep goats in, predators out, and are portable.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Goats are crafty. If that goat finds a way to jump that fence wouldn’t the leash choke it. How big Are your goats and how many?

Sorry! I have 3 goats. 2 60 lbs. Nubian Wethers that are still growing and her, a LaMancha that's approx. 140 lbs. according to the weigh tape.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Please do not tie out a goat. That is nothing more than set up for predator to have easy target. Premier 1 Has electric netting that will keep goats in, predators out, and are portable.

I won't be tying her out. It's too dangerous, especially with random dogs that like to come out without warning.

The netting I'm concerned about because 2 of the goats have horns and could easily get tangled up.

I went ahead and got 4 cattle panels and so far it seems to work well for them. I did get the 8' panels instead the 16' panels for stability sake but darn it makes the pen smaller than I'd like.

I rotate them around so they get plenty of forage when I'm home. I try to move them to different areas throughout the property so that they have all the brush they could ever want to eat.