Making A Goat Fence

Horns are nature s multitool.

Making a goat fence.

Goat proof fence the biggest single expense with goat ownership is fencing. Among goat owners there s a well known saying. The can readily jump over climb squeeze through or simply bash down most typical livestock fences. 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.

Yet our male goat loves to use the fence to rack his horns on. 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. Conventional goat wisdom suggests 6 12 goats per acre but this varies with available forage.

I think it s also safe to say there is no one perfect solution for comfortably containing goats. 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. This also lessens the temptation for goats to graze over or through the fence. You might need electric fencing in addition to this design but in my ex.

Measure the area you will be fencing clearing the proposed fence line of brush and trees to make the chore easier. Goats also will learn they re poor conductors of electricity and will use the tips to pull electric wire out of the way.