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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jul 11 2012 : 12:41:32 PM
Cost is a factor, so we are looking for the least expensive posts to use. Wooden or t-posts? My hubby may have found wooden ones for $3/each. Any suggestions? We have 48 inch high goat fencing and need about 55 posts.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 05:14:03 AM
Thanks for all your advice! Some day I may need help with horse and/or cow fencing. You ladies rock!
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| MiaBella |
Posted - Jul 16 2012 : 08:19:38 AM
I would also suggest making it higher than 4' as they can be expert jumpers!
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 2:54:38 PM
Only one has horns and she never uses them for anything but to scratch her back. The biggest issue is they rub on the fence, so we plan to stretch it as we put the new fencing in. I have about 12 t-post that I can use now. Thanks for all the help.
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| sherrye |
Posted - Jul 14 2012 : 12:55:39 PM
also do they have horns? how big are the holes in the fencing? i hate stuck horns.
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Jul 12 2012 : 1:19:44 PM
try and use t-posts at least every 3rd post, and wooden for others, as you can afford, work over to all t-posts, your fenceing will have to be a min of 5 ft tall, with it snug to the ground, or they will crawl under, use a fence stretcher to make as tight as possible...remember, all goats have invisible wings...
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| YakLady |
Posted - Jul 12 2012 : 12:43:15 PM
What do you mean by "goat fencing"? Hopefully woven-wire field fence? Welded wire = loose goats once they figure out they can break holes in it when they hit the fence!
If the wood posts are $3/ea, how tall are they? Can you install them yourself? You need to sink them 2 ft. or so, and consider labor costs if you can't do it yourself. T-posts are easy to self-install with a manual post pounder if you don't have a hydraulic attachment for it :)
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jul 12 2012 : 10:17:17 AM
Thanks, I think we will go wood for now. We have them in a pen that's now too small and need to move them so we can knock down an old barn. Thanks again.
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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Jul 12 2012 : 06:23:27 AM
I would go with the wooden ones for now, and replace them with metal ones as they rot out or get pushed over, the goats will constantly rub on the fencing and wear the posts out or make them loose. We fenced with stock panel and metal posts, yep it was expensive (took a while to save up the money) but we have not had to replace any poles or strecthed out fence. We got out goats in 2008.
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