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.

Among goat owners there s a well known saying. I think it s also safe to say there is no one perfect solution for comfortably containing goats. Measure the area you will be fencing clearing the proposed fence line of brush and trees to make the chore easier. 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.

In this video i show every step in the installation of a goat fence on open pasture. The can readily jump over climb squeeze through or simply bash down most typical livestock fences. Conventional goat wisdom suggests 6 12 goats per acre but this varies with available forage. 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.

Goats are very tough to fence in. When considering a fence for your goats make sure the fencing material is strong. This also lessens the temptation for goats to graze over or through the fence. Horns are nature s multitool.

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.