Electric Fencing Question

Disagree that electric net is temporary and frequently moved. I've had some in place for years.

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Didn't answer your poll. Don't use electric fencing. Use cattle panels exclusively. Expensive - yes. Escapee? = nope. Never once.

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Thought OP was using using single strand polywire. I use netting, too. Different animal all together, because it a self contained system. But marry it with other fencing solutions, electric or not, and it will fail in the same manner, although not as fast, because it has multiple paths.

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Ok so I should replace the polywire with an high tinsel wire?

No. You should get cattle panels or something that will work.

High tensile wire is still single strand, and goats won't respect it. Unless you have a GOOD fence behind it or you have trained your goats from kid age to avoid hot wire, you most likely will not have success with strands.

You never did say what the perimeter fence is, just that you had the polywire as an adjunct.

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its a wood post and board fence with 48'' tall 2x4'' field fence, but its old. The pasture used to belong to an old horse that knew the boundaries and i added the field fencing along most of the fence in anticipation for the goats, but they seem to still find a loose spot in the fence of a bad lapse in field fencing where they get out, also along one stretch of fence i can't get to because of the brush/thorns that the goats have no problem getting through. They are young and I want to just teach them young, that going over or under the fence is a shockingly bad idea. Though now I have noticed that its been three days since we have encountered an escapee so maybe the part that works good taught them not to mess with the rest of it?

Mattie, have you tried watering the grounding rods?

Maddie420,

Can you get to the outside of the fence? Maybe patch it from that side with cattle panel temporarily until the goats eat down the brush and then repair the fence.

On a side note, if the goats can get out in that section, then it's possible that dogs can get in and kill the goats.

If there are gaps, they WILL get out.

I tried retrofitting an old chicken pen with rusty fencing years ago. After chasing goats and repairing holes, I replaced it all with cattle panels.

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Thanks guys! I will make all these notes and see what I can do. id like to thank everybody for their input as it all makes a difference. were going on 4 days they haven't got out now, I patch the outside of the fence I cant get to with more welded wire and I believe its whats holding them in now. Again, Thank You to Everybody who gave me their input!!!