When you have baby goats, the right goat fence matters. Safety and ease of use are key factors in selecting goat fencing options. Here's a fence approach that keeps goats safe.
Importance of Goat Fence Installation Options
Let's start by training baby goats on electric fencing. A critical part of keeping goats safe. They need a nursing area without electricity, then after four weeks, they will have access to a training area.
Importance of goat fence installation options (YouTube)
When raising goats for profit, here are some questions you need to consider:
- What goat fencing options are best? The best fencing keeps goats safe from predators and themselves. DIY goat fencing solutions are the least valuable.
- Goat fencing ideas that work? You can choose from electric, solid panels, goat fencing with T-posts, step-in portable fencing, and more. Use fencing designed for goats.
- Should you use cheap goat fencing? Yes, you can use recycled fencing. Avoid fencing in poor condition or with thin wires that can entangle goats.
- What types of goats will be in the goat pen? Goat pens change for nursing does, young kids, old bucks, and raising goats for meat. Small goats need different fencing than large goats.
- Will you ever need to move the goats? This is a trick question because goats need to rotate to new areas to maintain their health. There are also seasonal migration needs.
Goat farm fencing designs depend on many factors. It's a massive mistake to DIY goat fencing without understanding what will work best for your farm.
The nursing corral, lacking an electric fence, features cattle panels with a small internal fence. Recycled materials. Baby goats are too dumb to stay out of the electric fence, so they need a safe space.
(Ed. Dumb is the right word for baby goats. They have so much energy, but lack experience. You have to be the smart one for their safety.)
At 8,000 kV, the fence is hot enough to knock a man down. Anything less than that, the goats don't notice the fence. However, a baby goat caught in an electric fence will die.
My focus is on behavioral conditioning to keep the goats safe and healthy. No chasing, no stress, and easier management. The better you understand the nature of a goat, the better you can shepherd.
You'll see why behavioral conditioning is critical in this next section.
How to Fix the Electric Fence After the Baby Goats Break It
Fixing goat fencing to keep in baby goats (YouTube)
If a fence won't hold water, it won't hold goats. It takes more than a physical barrier to keep goats in the pen. The saying goes, “It's not if you're goats will get out, it's when.“
Baby goats want milk. They will do anything to get that milk from mamma. No fence will keep them from doing so.
- The fence must be a physical barrier.
- The fence must be a psychological barrier.
- Goats must be well fed, happy, and engaged.
- Without mental stimulation, goats will challenge the fence.
- Become the herd leader with regular visits.
- Portable fencing systems are always necessary.
- Don't overbuild your fence; goats can climb.
- Electric fencing for goats is a requirement.
Goat fence panels are best. Even at the price, it is one of the best options for goat fencing.
Add four-strand electric fencing inside that panel, and then you have a more secure fence. This helps train goats on electric fencing. Young goats can get caught in electric netting, so avoid using it until they are trained.
If you don't train your goats, they will hurt themselves on the electric fence. The ways are too numerous to list here. Here's a goat helping with the electric fence:
Buckling goat helping with electric fence (YouTube, Rumble)
The proper fencing when raising goats for meat and milk increases happiness. Your happiness and the goats. Some corral designs make veterinary visits more affordable.
When you are ready for goat fence designs, contact us for a consultation. There are fencing options for any budget. Yet when raising goats, folks always start at the same place, with questions.
Start by training them on electric goat fencing. Not some makeshift mess of pallets or general livestock fencing. Let's keep those goats safe and healthy.
- Go here for low-cost ways to fence small livestock—the foundation of the off-grid goats program.
