Pen Size

[babsbag]

Ok- my plan NOW is-

chicken wire around the whole thing, stretched tight.

Electric wire 4-6 inches from the bottom, and 2-4 strands on top of the chicken wire. (Depending on the height of the wire.) I could bury the chicken wire in the ground a little bit, if that would help at all.

Do one strand at goat knee height, about 12-16 inches as well.

 

[ArtisticFarmer]

Ok- my plan NOW is-

chicken wire around the whole thing, stretched tight.

Electric wire 4-6 inches from the bottom, and 2-4 strands on top of the chicken wire. (Depending on the height of the wire.) I could bury the chicken wire in the ground a little bit, if that would help at all.

Do one strand at goat knee height, about 12-16 inches as well.

M'kay! I'll probably do one at the top too, for added height.

 

[ArtisticFarmer]

Of course now that I have everything figured out, I can't go out and remeasure more accurately because I have a terrible earache in both ears and its dumping buckets of water outside.

 

[cjhubbs]

Oh, I'm sorry that always stinks . I pray you feel better soon and the sun will come out !

 

[ArtisticFarmer]

Oh, I'm sorry that always stinks . I pray you feel better soon and the sun will come out !

Thanks. I'll probably go out tomorrow even if its dumping. My ears are already feeling better, thanks to some home remedies.

 

[ArtisticFarmer]

Question- Along one side of the to-be goat pen, there is about a 3 foot fence (4"x4" field fence.) with 2 strands of wire on the top. Would I have to fence this part? I might reinforce it. It would save about 100' of wire!!!!

 

[cjhubbs]

I don't think you would have to necessarily fence where there already is a fence. Is it electric wire on the top of the fence, if there is I would say that the existing fence is probably fine you just will need to either re-string the electric wire or connect it with the new fencing.

 

[ArtisticFarmer]

I don't think you would have to necessarily fence where there already is a fence. Is it electric wire on the top of the fence, if there is I would say that the existing fence is probably fine you just will need to either re-string the electric wire or connect it with the new fencing.

Now that I think about it, I think it is barbed. If that wouldn't be *good for the goats, I could easily roll the top part back. (And put electric in place of it.)

 

[cjhubbs]

Yeah, I definitely take the barbed wire off and install the hot wire instead. The existing field fencing should be fine but using barb wire runs the risk of cutting your goats when they jump up on the fence, it would especially be bad if the cut got infected or a goat got snagged on the barbed wire and couldn't pull themselves off.

 

[ArtisticFarmer]

Yeah, I definitely take the barbed wire off and install the hot wire instead. The existing field fencing should be fine but using barb wire runs the risk of cutting your goats when they jump up on the fence, it would especially be bad if the cut got infected or a goat got snagged on the barbed wire and couldn't pull themselves off.

That's what I figured. I also discovered some extra rolls of old field fencing. (Farms with old outbuildings are wonderful things. Just wondering if I could use it. Oh, and it is kinda rusty don't know if that's a bad thing.