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Pretty much any fence needs electric run around the inside to keep them in and off the fence. We use electric net fence and cattle panels as gates aside from those two everything else needs electric wire added because they will find/make/create/dig a way under/over/thru the fence. Some goats are worse about it then others.

As mini said....it is part of their life's work to keep us humans "happily" busy fixing what they have broken. All that being said i still love my goats and you will too.
 

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Lol! that's pretty funny. Silly goatseses. lol

I'm fairly certain it had a bottom pole, but I'll check again when we go for the inspection. :]

Soooo would a kid's playground set be a fun/safe thing for a goat? I keep thinking about finding a used playground set for them that they can climb and jump around. :love Like one of the big wooden ones. :]
 

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We used the field fencing to fence property we used to own. I grew to hate that stuff. Our horses could hang a hoof in it and paw holes in it. It didn't keep dogs out. It broke easily. The holes in it I believe are big enough for a baby goat to get through. IMO, it is crap.

If you are going to expend the time, energy and money to put up a fence, get a better grade of wire.

https://www.ruralking.com/red-brand...-4-12-1-2-48-x330-square-deal-knot-70315.html

We went a step further and put up 2"x4" non climb horse wire. Not even the chickens can get through it.

https://www.ruralking.com/red-brand-1348-2-12-1-2-48-x200-non-climb-horse-fence-70342.html
 

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That second one you listed @Baymule is what I was originally looking at but couldn't tell if it was woven or not. I assume it is, then? If so, then that's definitely my first choice! :]


Gaaah, I'm driving myself crazy. Looking up and messaging all the local goat people in the area. Asking if I can come check things out. lol some of them are bound to think I'm nuts. Good golly though. The pictures of these goat babies are killing me! :love If all goes well, I should be in our new place in about a month. :ep I told hubby the first thing I'm doing is setting up the goat area. lmao Forget painting the walls or anything like that. I'm getting my blooming goats!
 

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We bought our place, sight unseen. It was a HUD repo, we won the bid and came to sign papers and got to see what we were buying. We went from a 2500 Square foot brick home to a 1500 square foot doublewide. We sold 16 acres we had outside of town and bought this place with 8 acres. Our daughter, her husband and our 3 grand daughters live 7 miles from us. We couldn't be happier. I painted the whole house, ripped up flooring and laid unfinished white knotty pine boards. I sanded, whitewashed and polyurethaned the floors. I did all I could do up until we moved. I knew that once we got here, I was going outside and coming in only to eat and sleep. So I know where you are coming from.......get your goats!
 

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2x4 is a very good secure fence but the 4x4 sheep/goat fence will work- mind you, the baby goats can get through it but if you are putting hotwire down they learn quick.
If you end up with horned goats (hope not) then you will want the 2x4 because horns will get stuck in the 4x4

For the most part I din't think goats are always trying to get through or destroy fencing. Perhaps it depends on the breed and maybe the area as well. We have LOTS of goat and they don't try to get out.
The only goat we have that goes walkabout is a kiko kid that is a PITA...
Our dairy goats are quite content where they are and do not destroy fencing. Rubbing when shedding winter coat is normal. There are other things you can do to encourage them to scratch elsewhere.
The 2x4 no climb- they still will climb on it. ;)
 

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We use the 4x4 redbrand fence wire and it has held up fine...aside from the LLama walking it down but that was because we were lazy and put the fence on the wrong side of the posts so his fat butt just ripped out the fence staples as well as our battery in our fencer being bad. Re-did the fence, got a new battery(actually we hooked an old car battery to it) and no more fence problems or escapies. They stay off the fence and it works fine for all of our livestock(no horses or cows).
 

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@Baymule oh wow! Well this place I have seen, but it has these aaaaaawesome green walls and other odd colors throughout. (can you hear the sarcasm oozing?) lol It's a quirky little place, but I like it quite a lot. :]

@Southern by choice No, no horned goats. Everything I'm seeing that just seems dangerous with all the things they can get hung up on.
Speaking of. When ya'lls goats have their babies, do you disbud them yourselves?

@misfitmorgan That was about to be my next question. I'm thinking about using wooden posts. Do you attach them with staples, wire, both?

Lots to think about!
 

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@Baymule oh wow! Well this place I have seen, but it has these aaaaaawesome green walls and other odd colors throughout. (can you hear the sarcasm oozing?) lol It's a quirky little place, but I like it quite a lot. :]

@Southern by choice No, no horned goats. Everything I'm seeing that just seems dangerous with all the things they can get hung up on.
Speaking of. When ya'lls goats have their babies, do you disbud them yourselves?

@misfitmorgan That was about to be my next question. I'm thinking about using wooden posts. Do you attach them with staples, wire, both?

Lots to think about!

There is a very indepth "how to fence correctly" thread on here some place. I was just referring to you want the fence on the "inside" of the posts, the "inside" being the side you will have animals on. If it is a shared fenceline you can alternate the posts but that can be a pain and a shared line is generally less worried about for animal escape since they would be going into another pen. We use all fence staples but originally we didnt have barbed staples and hey were a smaller size. The re-do included barbed larger staples.
 
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