[Baois Glas]

I'm new to goats and we are thinking of getting a few, one milker and 2 pygmy's.  The paddock they will be in currently have stock fencing at the front and the rest is electric wire, we are going to be fencing the whole paddock. Is stock fencing ok for goats or is other fencing a better option?
Are goats ok with electric fencing? I was thinking of lining the fence with electric wire.

[plumseverywhere]

Goats are very OK with electric fence! In fact, without it our goats would be climbing fences and pushing fences over (they have a habit of rubbing along for a good side/ back scratch)
Our electric  strips are along the top of the stock fencing and then we have a line of it goat-shoulder height and another along the very bottom where 'littlesodwhosluckynottobecurry' found her could uproot fencing and limbo under it.

 

[jinglejoys]

Always make sure that the goats can duck to graze under an electric fence that is near stock fencing rather than putting their head over....if they get their heads stuck in the fencing and fall onto the wire you can end up with a dead goat,if they do the same when grazing under the wire they just learn to duck down and wait till the resident idiot comes and untangles them!
   Oh and NEVER use electric netting

[ScotsGirl]

I removed screaming kid 3 times in about half an hour today from stock fence. Can you believe they have a field full of grass but want that little bit of clover on the other side! Plastic tube will be coming out if I find him there again.

[Lesley Silvester]

I have three wooden bars round my goat yard and stock fencing attached. They push their heads through the holes to get to the other side or to scratch their heads. They also use it to climb up (only with their front feet) or to scratch between their toes with a piece of wire between the two toes. All this doesn't do the stock fencing a lot of good so I would agree that electric fencing would be the answer. One of my fences is now patched up with hurdles tied to the wood and the stock fencing is only attached down the bottom. Mine aren't great ones for trying to escape. It's just that the stock fencing can't stand up to their rough handling.

[little blue]

this  ... this!!