Making A Goat Fence

Horns are nature s multitool.

Making a goat fence.

Measure the area you will be fencing clearing the proposed fence line of brush and trees to make the chore easier. Yet our male goat loves to use the fence to rack his horns on. 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. Goat proof fence the biggest single expense with goat ownership is fencing.

This also lessens the temptation for goats to graze over or through the fence. 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. In this video i show every step in the installation of a goat fence on open pasture. When considering a fence for your goats make sure the fencing material is strong.

Goats are very tough to fence in. 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. The can readily jump over climb squeeze through or simply bash down most typical livestock fences. It is actually kind of funny because we purchased livestock fencing and thought our goats will never get through this well our female goats only use the fence to brush themselves.

Conventional goat wisdom suggests 6 12 goats per acre but this varies with available forage. You might need electric fencing in addition to this design but in my ex.