[langdon]

me and my father in law has just spent the day replacing all the fence that keeps our goats at bay- some times
i love those days when its me and my father in law working ere its great! must be a man thing and plenty of
cuppa's.
we had chain link fence up(for those who might think of using it FORGET IT)
the girls pushed it up and got under neath to get to the hedge, i think thats how they have got cuts.
molly has been in quaratine cos she has given herself a reall bad gash on leg.
have been spraying every feed time, we brought her out on lead today and she is able to put some weight on it,
anyway they will be able to come back tommorrow.
we have put planks along the posts with taunt wire in between, replaced everything else that we thought might be
a risk to the girls.
will let ye know how things get on
langdon

[Hermit]

We managed to keep ours in by putting an electric strand around the top and the bottom of  the sheep netting. I was told that milking goats dont jump fences (which is true in my case)but they can limbo for the Olympics! When the battery was running low on the fence they know as well and try the fences then.  now the fence is on a mains charger.

[langdon]

tidy 

[plumseverywhere]

we've got three strands of electric running on battery and reggie (togg kid) managed to stand and shove me into it the other day - I got a tremendous shock (and cried ages!! what a wimp lol)
my milking goat has never escaped (does this mean that once the milk has dried she'll join the naughty ones then?)
oh the eternal fencing challenge that is goats 

[Roxy]

Oh dear, Plums ....just wait until you get a blast from an electric fence wired to the mains .....you will think the one off the battery was nothing!!   I don't agree with milking goats not escaping - they all do it given the chance.....or mine do.

Hope you have managed to keep your goats in their rightful place, Langdon!!  I am sure goats enjoy watching us repair fencing , for them to go back and have another go at getting out.

I am just looking into the (very expensive) tall horse fencing, to see if that will hold mine.  The large toggie boys can jump fences from a stand still with complete ease.  I was also wondering about the fencing they have round prisons .....would that stop them maybe.  Have tried security fencing, the height was great, but with the fencing sitting in blocks, there is a gap, albeit a small one, and the devils crawled out that way, which given their size, was unbelievable, but they did.

[Hermit]

Milking goats can escape but I was told they dont like to jump over a fence as their udders are in a rather delicate position! .  They just wait till you leave the shed door open 

[Anke]

Mine have (so far) not jumped the fence, which is standard sheep neeting and (mains) electric wire on top. When we took in Lilly our rescue goatling, she managed to jump out from her pen very easily, so that had to be made higher. Initially I didn't dare to let her off the lead in the field, but she tried the electric fence and nearly pulled OH's arm out... She is now part of the group and has not jumped the fence, but I now don't have the goats out if I am off the holding, just to be sure....

Are "jumping" goats born or do they learn it?

[Roxy]

Primrose and Poppy who are 12 weeks old, are at the moment taking lessons from Mum, Jasmine.  She has shown them how to climb on the hen shed roof, and onto the dryi stone wall, and then dance along that into the next field ...........!!!

[plumseverywhere]

they seem to be born Anke    the 2 kids here (not related) both jump great heights while mum watches.
she is the way we normally know there's been an escape - mum bleats really loud and continuously to alert us to the roses being decimated in the garden bless her!!

[Anke]

Oh, well doesn't look god for Lilly's kids when she has them... Will have to look for extra placid billy for her then!