Goat and a gate issue

airotciv · #1 10/19/09, 04:49 PM

We have a double gate, 2 big gates that come together. I have tried everything but this goat keeps getting his head stuck between the 2 gates. You would think that he would get the idea that he can't get though it. None of the other goats or sheep even bother this gate. only him. We have 3 chains and locks on this gate, but he still tries, I'm afraid he is going to hang himself. What should I do? Thanks

GrannieD · #2 10/19/09, 05:01 PM

A temporary electric wire will cure the fellow..Just put it at his level so he can check it out with his nose..He won't repeat offend most likely..Leave it for a few days to make sure he gets the message..GrannieD

Feathers-N-Fur · #3 10/20/09, 03:18 AM

My main gate into the pasture my milkers are in is a double gate. I put a pier block in front of each side of the gate. They can't push it that way, but I can move the blocks if I need to drive in there.

Alice In TX/MO · #4 10/20/09, 06:54 AM

If you cut a section of cattle panel about two feet wide, you can attach it to one side of the gate so that it creates a gap filler when the gates are closed. Sort of like lap siding.

jesse300 · #5 10/20/09, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO

If you cut a section of cattle panel about two feet wide, you can attach it to one side of the gate so that it creates a gap filler when the gates are closed. Sort of like lap siding.

This is the right idea. All the gates on my farm have gap fillers or they over lap about a foot. It might be worth replacing one of the gates with a longer one so they over lap.

marcuscarr · #6 10/20/09, 12:21 PM

I'm not sure if the electric option always works. Check this out...

where I want to · #7 10/20/09, 12:58 PM

You could also bolt a thin board to the goat side of one of the gates where they meet- just big enought to cover the gap- probably pipe hangers would work for a pipe gate.
I had one sweet little goatie who did worse- she kept slidding her head down between the gate and the fence post support. The hinge would hold her up in the air while her less than friendly herd mates would butt her legs out from under her leaving her hanging.
Good luck but my experience is that goats never ever learn to avoid these things- if they want to do it, they keep doing it. You have to find a way to prevent them from going there in the first place. Sweet little idiots that they are.

farmmom · #8 10/20/09, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by marcuscarr

I'm not sure if the electric option always works. Check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-072VA4UA

I've seen this before and wondered if there aren't does on the other side of that fence. That is funny though.

Electric does work really well for my bucks.

GoatsRus · #9 10/20/09, 01:47 PM

An electric wire will work wonders. They may touch it once, but that will be the only time. I can leave my gate wide open and they will not come out if the electric wire is still strung across. They actually know that they can touch the handle and won't get shocked, but they sure won't go near the wire.

Backfourty,MI. · #10 10/20/09, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jesse300

This is the right idea. All the gates on my farm have gap fillers or they over lap about a foot. It might be worth replacing one of the gates with a longer one so they over lap.

I was thinking the exact same thing or Like Alice from TX suggested & cut a peice of cattle panel & make 1 side over lap the other.

jesse300 · #11 10/21/09, 08:09 AM

If a goat was not brought up with electric fences they don’t respect them form what I found. I have also found this to be true with cattle.

I have found that goats will get into less stuff if you give them something to occupy some of there time. The “jolly ball horse toy” (looks like an apple with a metal hook for rope) I found to be about the best for the cost.

wintrrwolf · #12 10/21/09, 09:46 PM

My Saanen nanny touched the wire on the new electric fence once and now she will only come as close as 2 feet from it, the new pygmy nanny Gypsy is frustrating the heck out of me because she goes right through it like it doesn't even phase her. One time she went through it and realized she got shocked and went right back through it again! I have thought of running wire ( vvvv ) with wire on top and bottom do you think that would work?

Alice In TX/MO · #13 10/21/09, 10:08 PM

Electric wire never stopped our pygmies. Now that we have full size dairy goats, we have electric net fencing.

angelsprite · #14 10/21/09, 11:30 PM

Air,
you want something he can't get his head through, like wire mesh with 2x4 inch squares and something to make it rigid, like a piece of cut out calf panel. If you attach that to one of the two gates, so that it covers the space when it closes, that will keep him out. Just wire the mesh onto the calf panel and bolt or wire or clamp the calf panel to the gate.
Good luck.