Making A Goat Fence

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. When considering a fence for your goats make sure the fencing material is strong. It is actually kind of funny because we purchased livestock fencing and thought our goats will never get through this well our female goats only use the fence to brush themselves. Even a goat with average intellect learns how to use them like the claw of a hammer to uproot poorly set t posts or pull up wire fence that hasn t been placed snug to the ground or stretched tight. 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. Conventional goat wisdom suggests 6 12 goats per acre but this varies with available forage. Horns are nature s multitool. Measure the area you will be fencing clearing the proposed fence line of brush and trees to make the chore easier.

This also lessens the temptation for goats to graze over or through the fence. Among goat owners there s a well known saying. Yet our male goat loves to use the fence to rack his horns on. Goats also will learn they re poor conductors of electricity and will use the tips to pull electric wire out of the way.

I think it s also safe to say there is no one perfect solution for comfortably containing goats. You might need electric fencing in addition to this design but in my ex.