There is an adage that says if your fence won t hold water it won t hold a goat some people swear by electric fences for goats.
Making a goat fence.
Goats are very tough to fence in.
This also lessens the temptation for goats to graze over or through the fence.
Among goat owners there s a well known saying.
Conventional goat wisdom suggests 6 12 goats per acre but this varies with available forage.
In this video i show every step in the installation of a goat fence on open pasture.
Goats also will learn they re poor conductors of electricity and will use the tips to pull electric wire out of the way.
Goat proof fence the biggest single expense with goat ownership is fencing.
A fence that won t hold water won t hold a goat and though that hyperbole may seem extreme it s certainly proven true by the generations of goat escapees that have tested the patience of their fence builders.
You might need electric fencing in addition to this design but in my ex.
Yet our male goat loves to use the fence to rack his horns on.
Measure the area you will be fencing clearing the proposed fence line of brush and trees to make the chore easier.
I think it s also safe to say there is no one perfect solution for comfortably containing goats.
Horns are nature s multitool.
The can readily jump over climb squeeze through or simply bash down most typical livestock fences.