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[Bruce]

How many acres is that area? Depending on how many animals you are going to have cross fencing is likely a good idea. Right, more money!

I think Greybeard is right, fencing in woods means cutting lots of trees and finding out there are tons of roots you'll need to get through to put in wood or T posts. Probably why people used to nail wire to trees.

BTW, Mike is in middle TN so he is closer than you thought.

 

[greybeard]

BTW, Mike is in middle TN so he is closer than you thought.

Still close to a 7 hr drive..one way.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah but closer than N.C.

 

[greybeard]

Latestarter and the North East Texas bunch are a lot closer.

I did once, make the trip from here to L R in under 7 hours, but I was flyin low.
Made several round trips from Memphis Tn to here on a regular weekend pass way back....... when I was driving something that could run 100mph all day long.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah they are and @goatgurl is almost a next door neighbor.

 

[Baymule]

Or you could hire a bulldozer to clear out the property line for you...…. Is the lines on your property the property lines or just what you want to fence in at this time?

Regarding what you posted about the quail endeavours going on next to your property, quail thrive on pastures of clump type grasses. Solid growing grasses such as Bermuda are not good quail habitat. Forest is not good habitat either. The clump grasses have quail sized paths between clumps, offering cover for the quail. The seeds they make are food for the quail. A little bit of brush and you have prime quail habitat. Plant strips of peas, the deer will love munching on the peas and any seed that makes will fall to the ground for the quail.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Hey, everybody,

Before we bought the property, we had the property surveyed. What markers, if any, do surveyors provide to indicate the property boundaries?

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Baymule]

They drive in a iron stake, usually rebar, at ground level. Good luck finding it. There might be a wood stake with surveyors ribbon on it. If you are going to fence it, might want to get them back to mark the lines instead of just the corners.

 

[Mike CHS]

We had ours surveyed 5 years ago and most of the marker ribbon is still there. It doesn't help you but I painted trees or whatever else that was close to a stake.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Now back to the pasture discussion.

Regarding

It would help most that offer suggestions to know where your access point and any road areas leading up to the fence. Is water available or will you have to haul it? Any existing buildings for working and/or hay storage?

and

How many acres is that area?

the area I was proposing to fence in is about 30 acres. The only water I currently have in that area is the ponds. There are no buildings there, so I would have to build some there. Here is a bit bigger picture of the area, including the south pasture, and my proposed access points. The solid red lines are the property boundaries, while the blue line is where I was considering building a fence to enclose the overgrown pasture. Point A, in the upper left, is where I was thinking of building the goat buildings. For the fences along the property, I want to build the kind of fence that will contain all kinds of animals -- cows, horses, goats, sheep, etc. -- since it is on the property line, and I only want to build the fence once in my lifetime. The fence subdividing the south pasture can be less sturdy but sturdy enough to be goat resistant.

Does it make sense to put the goat buildings so far from the house? After all, we won't be able to hear them easily that far away. And would it be tempting for predators being that far from the house, or would the predators attack even if the goat buildings were next to the house?

And if I need to subdivide the 30 acres for rotation, would we be able to run, say, electrical fencing through briars and the fencing still work, or would we need to clear out a wide path so the briars didn't ground out the fencing?

So many questions I have. I thank everyone for your patience with me.

Senile Texas Aggie