Unreal

CookingPam777 · #1 10/17/08, 06:29 AM

How many times do you think I rescue my goat from being stuck in the fence a day?This is my girl who has ripped one horn off from being a panicky mess. She will stand there for hours and cry. How I know I came back from the grocery store and she has her head sticking out of the fence wailing for me to come to her rescue now at 7:26 in the morning I have to rescue her yet again. She just stands there pitifully. Don't ya think she'd learn maybe I should not put my head in the hole if I can't get it back out. Not to mention it's raining well gotta rescue her!

susanne · #2 10/17/08, 07:12 AM

this is why i have my goats disbudded.
there are other options for horned goats to keep the confined.
chain link fence or electric strands for example.

dragonchick · #3 10/17/08, 07:35 AM

You can also tape a PVC pipe across the horns and it will block the head from going through the fence. Use duct tape and replace it when it gets weathered to the point it doesn't stick or comes off.
DC

chris30523 · #4 10/17/08, 07:52 AM

Sounds like"Mr. Retardo" has a sister. I have to keep a pipe taped to his horns or he would starve to death. You could put his head back through and 10 minutes later he would be stuck again.I kid you not! He used to spend every night rain or shine laying with his head out of the fence.He would lay down first then put his head through!

Makes some pretty kids though.So far they are all smarter than their dad. He was a triplet and the last to come out so I think he may have been a bit oxygen deprived.

Karenrbw · #5 10/17/08, 08:24 AM

The stick/duct tape method works wonders for us. We found that the fence gene was passed down to offspring in our herd. We had a pretty little doeling that would get stuck 1 or 2 times a day. Our neighbor would come over and get her out. When the horns were long enough, we brought out the duct tape and the dowel rod. Once the horns got a little longer, it wasn't a problem. Fast forward a year and a half. She gives birth to a beautiful buckling. By two months of age, he is in the fence. One day he had his head stuck in the eat fence of the pasture. I pulled him out, he ran straight across the pasture and stuck his head in the west fence. We sold them both.

CookingPam777 · #6 10/17/08, 08:48 AM

Chris that is to funny but I am sure annoying. She was the first and only to come out so she has no excuse

. Though she was big like 8-9 pounds. Susanne all my other goats never had a problem. I have 7 goats. I am tempted to say her head might be hollow but she is very smart she gives kisses and shakes. She has the teach me so I can do it type personality. Super cuddly lovey type. I am going to teach her to sit to. She is very well behaved otherwise. I have no barn door and she knows to get up on the milkstand to eat and not in the bowl out side the door. She listens to commands well. I can even say now do not put your head back in there and she will obey for quite awhile but she forgets. Dragonchick the only reason that won't work is because she only has one horn. She has learned to not panic when she puts her head through and just sit there and cry for mama. She is still my favorite goat she is so unique in so many ways. One horn wattles HUGE healthy girl sticks her head in fences kisses and shakes super lovey and cuddly plays with the chickens by pouncing leaping and running. By the way her name is Rose. She is such a spoiled little princess and she knows it hehehe.

CookingPam777 · #7 10/17/08, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Karenrbw

The stick/duct tape method works wonders for us. We found that the fence gene was passed down to offspring in our herd. We had a pretty little doeling that would get stuck 1 or 2 times a day. Our neighbor would come over and get her out. When the horns were long enough, we brought out the duct tape and the dowel rod. Once the horns got a little longer, it wasn't a problem. Fast forward a year and a half. She gives birth to a beautiful buckling. By two months of age, he is in the fence. One day he had his head stuck in the eat fence of the pasture. I pulled him out, he ran straight across the pasture and stuck his head in the west fence. We sold them both.

Must have been hard but yeah I can understand. I could never sell her though. I have already had 2 offers on her I refused both. To it does not work with one horn so what do you do? I just put up with her.

dragonchick · #8 10/17/08, 03:45 PM

Pam, necessity is the mother of invention. You can duct tape a triangular frame on that single horn. Tape a straight dowel/PVC to the top part of the horn that's wide enough to prevent entrance to the fence. Then attach 2 more pieces to the ends. Tape the ends of that to the base of the horn. You now have an encased horn that will not fit into the fence. It may look funny but it will do the job.
DC

Backfourty,MI. · #9 10/20/08, 11:28 AM

Pam, what kind of fence do you use? I don't disbud our goats & have never had that problem! Knock on wood, sure hope I never do either, but I have to say your story is pretty funny even though I know your really frustrated. I would try to tape some kind of hose or something like dragonchick suggests.

ACountryMomma · #10 10/20/08, 11:41 AM

I had one doe who would do that every other day this past summer. We finally realized she was trying to get to some weeds growing outside the fence so Husband sprayed and when the weeds were dead she stopped doing it.

Is there something outside the fence she is trying to get at to eat? Mow it, cut it, or spray it