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Barnyard Buddies: Goat Baby fencing HELP!! |
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pnygrl
Farmgirl in Training
34 Posts
Adrianne
Chazy
New York
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 06:13:50 AM
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Okay ladies- what will keep these little buggers in??? I am trying to let them out for a little while every afternoon to give them fresh air, sunshine and let them try out the plants but the electric fence I set up for them is not enough- thry just go right through it. I know my ground is not so good and I got new rods to try to beef it up and see if that will work but I wanted to know what you gals use???? |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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pnygrl
Farmgirl in Training
34 Posts
Adrianne
Chazy
New York
USA
34 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 07:12:19 AM
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Alee- do you use T posts to hold the panels? |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 09:26:31 AM
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The hog panels are great, but, you will need to stack , 4ft is not tall enough, I've had kids a week old go over 4 ft fencing.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 09:49:36 AM
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I just got a roll of goat mesh fencing and used t-post and then got those u shaped metal I don't know what you call them. You use them to hold landscape cloth down. they are about 6 inches long and u shaped . I pushed them in the ground to hold the fence down--about every 6-8 inches. So far it works good. the fence is 5ft. and so far so good. I only put them out in the day and back to the barn at night. MB http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com www.day4plus.blogspot.com www.holyhouses-day4plus.blogspot.com "Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
Edited by - Marybeth on Jun 19 2009 09:51:06 AM |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 10:22:19 AM
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I use field fence and electric. Mine don't go near electric. I have a 10 mile box on it and all 3 wires are hot. It just takes 1 to touch it and that's it. The cattle panels work well, too. They do need t posts to hold them up and make them sturdier. You can just use the plastic ties, too, instead of wire to put them together. That way you can move them around.
Good luck. Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jun 21 2009 : 3:45:24 PM
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I made a pen out of those panels Alee- and it STILL won't keep my smaller goats in! (I have Nigerian Dwarfs) They have learned that if they stand up, they can still get through the higher squares.
I have two young bucks (one is 4 mos, the other 5) and I have put them in the pen three times already. Now it's just MINUTES before they are out and running back to their mothers-- AND all the girls that are "Looking for a DATE!" I've had no choice but the tie them in the barn for now, but I'm thinking I will buy a tall roll of poultry wire and put it around the OUTSIDE of the panels. That aughta keep 'em in! If not... sigh... I have NO IDEA! Tall, STRONG, small mesh fences are the best.
Oh, and my goats LAUGH at the hotwire! They jump right over it, and if they hit it on the way over, it DOES NOT ZAP them because the noisy little hairballs are AIRBORN! It's like when a bird lands on the wire. If they aren't touching anything but the wire, they don't get ZAPPED! Goats are just too smart for their own good.
Good luck Adrianne. If you find the secret to keeping goats in FOREVER I'll pay ya a buck to share the secret! I'm sure all the OTHER farmgirls on the Forum who own goats would too! LOL!!!! ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 10:32:52 PM
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We have dwarfs and their pen is t-posts and regular yard fencing...for the life of me my brain is not working and can't think of the name of the fence! My darn goat Gwen fears nothing, climbs right over every barrier put in front of her, I've sat back and watched her climb her way right out and wander straight to my veggie garden! Me yelling and dh laughing the whole time! I haven't yet figured out what will keep these mischievious ones in!
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360
http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 10:03:38 AM
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Ahhh... Melissa, you have learned the "Golden Rule" of the harried goat owner. Where there's a will, there IS a way! And a goat with a will ALWAYS find a way!!!
Aren't they just amazing creatures? I can't believe that there are actually people in this world who honestly believe that animals do not THINK or have any EMOTIONS whatsoever. Obvoiusly they had never met a MOTHER GOAT!!!! Or ANY goat for that matter! (LOL!!!) ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
Edited by - shepherdgirl on Jun 24 2009 10:04:51 AM |
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