My goats rub on the fence

[Mamaboid]

Our buck rubs on the fence all the time. Once in a while the does will do it, not nearly as often as he does. We have checked him for parasites and he is clean, so we figured he was just spreading his "beautiful bucky odor" around.

 

[Roll farms]

Our goats rub on fences constantly when they're shedding. They're trying to rid themselves of that extra hair.
We lost a really nice and securely built chicken run to goats 'rubbing' on it. Grrrrr.
When we built the next one, we put the small wire (to keep chickens in) on the inside, than ran cattle panels around the outside for the goats to rub on.
So far, so good.

 

[zzGypsy]

talk with your vet about copper suplementation - in some areas the feed doesn't have enough copper and low copper can make them chronically itchy.

 

[Queen Mum]

My goats always rub on the fence. They just are scratching an itch. They also like to lay in the hay and roll around. They take dust baths too. It's a goat thing. They love to be brushed and I bath mine once in a while. It's good for bonding and a good time to check for skin conditions. For the most part, it's just scratching an itch.

Sara
Queen Mum

 

[autumnprairie]

if you are adding chops or corn, they may be itchy from it. Corn is known to be the itching grain