electric goat fence?

redpowerd · September 23, 2003, 01:57:20 PM

anyone use electric fencin to contain goats?
wondering how high the wires were.
i want to contain a bunch of brushy areas in my woods paige wire is too expensive.
thanks

smwwoody · September 23, 2003, 02:06:33 PM

120 volt doesnt work real well

my one uncle toasted a few pigs like that

Fla._Deadheader · September 23, 2003, 02:17:58 PM

Had a neighbor in Arkansas that kept milk goats. His fence was

crotch high

, with 1 strand between it and the ground. The lower strand burned the grass back, so the top strand kept the goats home.

Ron Wenrich · September 23, 2003, 04:25:11 PM

I once had goats - about 20 of them. Barbed wire won't work, since they just walk through it. I never tried electric fence, but Harold's version sounds reasonable.

I used 4' cattle fence, and that worked well as long as there wasn't any place they could wiggle under or climb over. They love standing on things. I wonder if they get shocked when they put their hoof on the fence.

My goats decided that they wanted to be free range goats, so I allowed it and the neighbors didn't complain. They eliminated all the multiflora rose, honeysuckle, trees and anything else that wasn't nailed down. I also collected Christmas trees to help with the feed in the winter. Just make sure the tinsel is taken off. :D

Fla._Deadheader · September 23, 2003, 04:37:27 PM

Leave the Tinsel on ;D ;D Then ya get decorated ornermints to hang on the trees :D :D

redpowerd · September 23, 2003, 06:23:13 PM

i knew you guys would hand it to me even before i asked.
;D
i figgerd goats wont jump over a fence like a deer, seems they need to land on something higher or they wont bother.
they barely like to step over things, unless they can get altitude.
ill try deadheaders neighbors method
thanks, ill let you know if they get out, ill send ya some ornermints :D

Percy · September 23, 2003, 07:04:40 PM

Hmmmm
Where you get electric goats??

;D :D

Linda · September 23, 2003, 07:28:47 PM

Redpowerd,

We just installed a solar powered electric fencer and 17 gauge wire for our goats (4' x 3/8"dia. posts are every 30 feet).

First we tried 2 wires. One 22" (goat shoulder height) and one at 12". Our goats are 6 months old and pretty much the same size. One goat kept jumping over the top wire and the others kept going under the bottom wire. We hadn't had rain for 2 months at the time, so it was hard to get a good ground. :-/

We ended up with one hot wire at 9", a ground wire at 18", and another hot wire at 28". It took only one or two minutes for them to "check out" the new wire. One or two "zaps" was all it took. They haven't got out now for 2 weeks (they won't go within 1or 2 feet of the fence). 8)

We have a lot of coyotes in our area, so I have their goat house inside eight 54" cattle panels, which is inside the electric fence (I lock them in the cattle panels at night).

I read that barbed wire is dangerous to goats. It won't keep them in and they can get bad cuts from it. :(

Linda

biziedizie · September 23, 2003, 07:31:49 PM

Linda can you post some pics of your goats

Steve

C_Miller · September 24, 2003, 05:33:14 AM

Yeah I don't think I've seen a picher of Al. :D

C

Tom · September 24, 2003, 06:46:58 AM

One of my Old Timers told me "To keep a Goat from jumping a fence, you lean a board on it and he'll just walk over?. :-/

Linda · September 25, 2003, 08:18:53 PM

Biziedizie,

Here are a couple of pictures. The computer crashed when we were trying to load the best ones, so this is the best I can do for now. :

C,

The one of Al must have been the computer crasher. ;D

beenthere · September 25, 2003, 08:51:00 PM

Which one is Al? I can't pick him out.

Still laughin at Fla's tinsel plan for tree decorations. :D :D :D

redpowerd · September 25, 2003, 10:53:23 PM

man. them earless goats are sick. my uncle (step uncle) has a few. wen i first seen em i thought i seen terrorist rambargade, then the little one came out with a name for em, cant remember
anyway
nice animals, cept for the ears ???
why>

biziedizie · September 26, 2003, 12:19:31 AM

Linda, awwwww cute goats

My kid will like seeing these pics

Thanks

Steve

Norm · September 26, 2003, 05:59:58 AM

You know I didn't even notice they didn't have long ears until repowerd said something. I went back and sure enough no ears. Of course now we'll need a goat in addition to them darn guineas that Noble keeps trying to make me get for Patty.

Patty wants one for the milk but I know who will end up getting stuck doing it when she's busy. Are yours for pets Linda?

Linda · September 26, 2003, 06:59:23 AM

They are a cross between La Mancha (little or no ears) and Nubians (long floppy ears). The black goat has very tiny stubs for ears, but the lighter colored ones have slightly more and somewhat floppy.

A few people that have seen them (if they are use to seeing long ear goats) actually thought they were a dog at first glance. :D

The black goat is the "queen" of our tiny herd. ;D She thinks her ears make her look more "sophisticated." ;)

Norm,

They are pets. I had the mother for awhile (until the one she claimed was weaned. I milked her for the other 2 bottle fed kids.

I told Al I would like to breed them once, so we could have fresh goat milk. He put a stop to that instantly, not that he was afraid he would have to milk them, but because he thought my time was more valuable as his helper! :

Beenthere,

The ornery one! :D ;D

Linda

Bro. Noble · September 26, 2003, 07:35:38 AM

Man, I can't believe how mean some of you FF guys are! ;)

Norm won't let Patty have some guinees :'(
Al won't let Linda have a milk goat :'(
Jeff won,t let Tammy have that cute little schoolbus :'(

You guys otter be like Bibbyman------he gets Mary anything she wants ;D------new sawmill, new loader, new truck

Heck I'd even buy my wife something if she would raise my allowance :D

Fla._Deadheader · September 26, 2003, 09:26:39 AM

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Norm · September 26, 2003, 02:43:50 PM

Your right Noble, I promise to mend my ways. I took the liberty to call your wife, and said to have an auction to get rid of all the old junk around your place. Then I told her with the money she makes she can raise your allowance so you can buy her something nice.

Bro. Noble · September 26, 2003, 02:49:46 PM

Oh man has this thread taken a vicious turn

Maybe we better talk about food like we're supposed to :D :D

Fla._Deadheader · September 26, 2003, 04:16:59 PM

:D :D :D :D :D

ElectricAl · September 26, 2003, 06:28:43 PM

Noble Noble Noble :

,

We really don't need to piddle and putt around milking goats when I can buy a gallon of the good stuff for 2 bucks ;)

Now don't get the idea I'm no fun ??? I helped Linda make a real nice Goat Gate in about 15 minutes ;D It's all the time I could spare for goats :D

Hey, I did buy Linda a nice new Solar powered electric fencer.

See it on the gate post

That Goat zapper was a cool 100 bucks

DanG, goats are costing me a bunch of money :-/

Bro. Noble · September 26, 2003, 06:39:04 PM

What was I ever thinking when I made that post?

I've been having nightmares that my wife might sell all my treasures because of what Norm said :

When I saw that you had posted, I was afraid that you might be sending me some of those DanG goats just to be spiteful

Looks to me like you have gone above and beyond in the goat department :D

I was serious about that mean old Jeff not letting Tammy get that cute little bus though. You otter see all the stuff he accumulated on his trip. She just gots some rocks she found in the dirt :'(

Linda · September 26, 2003, 08:42:56 PM

Yeah, Al helped me hook the electric fencer up, too! You can tell by the picture that he did a good job. :-/ It looks as though it's zapping the skin right off my face and neck.

Nice resolution Al ! :

Oh, yeah, Al; I notice you didn't mention that the 15 minute gate is tied down with 4 -12" landscape nails either! :-[ Wonder how long my gate will be standing after we get those wonderful whirling winds up here on "frost bite" mountian?

Noble,

Don't worry, the goats won't let Al get close enough to send them to you. They think he's in competition with them and would just as soon butt him as pal around with him. ;D