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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on January 18, 2010, 09:21:42 pm

Title: electric wire
Post by: langdon on January 18, 2010, 09:21:42 pm

do any of ye guy's approve of using this at all for goat keeping

Title: Re: electric wire
Post by: Anke on January 20, 2010, 10:54:38 am

My goats are kept in their field (not that they have been out much lately) with sheep netting and a top electric wire (mains powered). They have certainly touched it and so far not tried to escape. We will probbaly have to use tape at some point later in the year to sub-divide their field, but will need to think about it.

Opinions about using it are fairly divided, but I use electric tape with good results for my Shetland and cross sheep.

Title: Re: electric wire
Post by: ballingall on January 20, 2010, 09:35:47 pm

Forgot to answer this one yesterday! We used to use a two strand electric fence, inside the goats field, to keep them off the actual fence, as it was a solid fence. They did respect it, and had no problems.

Beth

Title: Re: electric wire
Post by: gavo on January 20, 2010, 09:39:40 pm

Ours pay no heed to the electric fencing it's mains powered.