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I am wondering what we should do as far as fencing goes for the farm here. The previous fencing was all barbed wire, sagging, rusting, nasty barbed wire. Last summer we fenced a couple smaller sized units that were relatively easy to fence in with woven wire.
I am trying to fence in goats and we also have calf and a couple sheep due to come in a month or so.
The area that is due to be fenced next is relatively large (I'd guess around 8 acres) the perimeter where the fence would go is on a hill that is fairly steep in spots. If the ground was flat I'd just make more smaller paddocks adjoining the other two.
For a temporary solution we were thinking about getting a couple electric sheep/goat nettings that we could move around as needed. Do any of you use it, do you like it, and does it really hold them in?
I have excellent escape artists here so if you think it wouldn't work I'd rather know now and try and figure out what we're going to use for a permanent fencing solution then. The animals I am dealing with learned how to lift field/woven wire fencing with the horns just enough that they could then squeeze their whole bodies through. That problem was fixed with tent stakes.
I'd love to hear what your opinions are on the sheep/goat electric netting.
Niki
I am trying to fence in goats and we also have calf and a couple sheep due to come in a month or so.
The area that is due to be fenced next is relatively large (I'd guess around 8 acres) the perimeter where the fence would go is on a hill that is fairly steep in spots. If the ground was flat I'd just make more smaller paddocks adjoining the other two.
For a temporary solution we were thinking about getting a couple electric sheep/goat nettings that we could move around as needed. Do any of you use it, do you like it, and does it really hold them in?
I have excellent escape artists here so if you think it wouldn't work I'd rather know now and try and figure out what we're going to use for a permanent fencing solution then. The animals I am dealing with learned how to lift field/woven wire fencing with the horns just enough that they could then squeeze their whole bodies through. That problem was fixed with tent stakes.
I'd love to hear what your opinions are on the sheep/goat electric netting.
Niki