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     mark guernsey New member Username: 2ndchance Post Number: 15 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 70.129.196.21 Rating: N/A |
well i use a weed wacker fencer and its keeps the dogs out very well and for back up i run a mule with the goats. the trick with a mule is they need to grow up with the goats so he thinks he is one, and then watch out it the will kill or run off anything that get into the pen. we have mountian lions around here and i haver seen tracks by the fence but they dont cross it. the other best fence is (hog wire) that is there brand name . it is made in texas, you can get it from 36 in tall to 6ft. they offer 2x4 up to 6x6 square holes in it. i use that for my cattle. i watched a 300 lb calf hit it at a dead run and he bounced off of it like a spring board lol. | ||
| Teresa Robbins New member Username: trob1 Post Number: 12 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 207.69.139.151 Rating: N/A |
Mark thats great it works for you but I personally wouldnt risk their life using just electric. You may not have a preditor problem but we have stray dogs and other preditors around. Electric for internal padocks would work great but I want fort knox for the perimetor. | ||
| mark guernsey New member Username: 2ndchance Post Number: 14 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 70.129.196.21 Rating: N/A |
heh i keep 150 goats in with one electric wire and it is not on half the time. 10 of them are pygmys i keep it 18 inch's off the grond and the kids can go back and forth under it but they dont get 5 feet from mamma. the reason i use electric is so i can channge the goats from one paddy to another every 2 months and it has cut my worm problem by 2/3 | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1218 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109  Rating: N/A |
I use the Red Brand goat fencing and my kids stay in. I use metal T posts with wood posts in cement in the corners properly braced. You must properly brace the corners, even wood posts set in concrete will pull right out of the ground if not braced when the fence is tensioned properly. For goats the braces should be on the OUTSIDE of the fence to keep them from using them as a ladder to escape. My kids go right through cattle, hog and combination panels all the way up past weaning (12 to 16 weeks). Wood posts ALL rot eventually, go with t posts where you can. T posts are easier to pull up if you decide to ever change the fence too! And you can reuse them, but not wooden posts. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Teresa Robbins New member Username: trob1 Post Number: 7 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 207.69.137.22 Rating: N/A |
Ok all you pygmy and nigerian owners and breeders. I am about to have my fencing done. We are fencing in almost 3 acres for my pygmy goats. We have gotten prices and if we go with horse fencing which is the 2"x4" rectangles that is the highest price at $5.25 a foot with all wood post and .80 cents cheaper with t-post and wood post in corners. Now for almost half the price I can get goat fencing which is 4" x 4" squares . Now I breed my goats and last year my kidding stalls were made from goat panels that have 4" x 4" opening and 2 of my babies could go right thru them. Now with in a week they couldnt and I don't even think they left the barn for almost a week. Now what type of fencing do most of you mini people have? If you had the choice to do your fencing now what would you go with the horse or the goat fencing? Also is there any advantage to going with all wood post over t-post? Thanks |