electric netting

I am looking into the premier1 fencing for rotational grazing. I just have a couple of questions regarding the safety of electric fences. First of all how much would it hurt you if you touched it? Secondly how much fire hazard risk is there with a fence like this, and last of all, I have a...

Hey all. I have roughly 5 acres of land that I want to put some Nigerian Dwarves on, but I want to use movable pens for rotational grazing instead of letting them run loose in the entire pasture. I'm trying to decide between goat panels and electric netting. Goat Panel Worries: Some of the...

Does anyone use electric netting to contain their goats? I have some 4ft netting I originally got for poultry, but the goats would knock it right over or get their heads caught. The charger on it was solar, and it was a very weak shock. I'm moving my goats to an area now where I can have an AC...

So we had a week-old kid whose mom insisted on taking out to the pasture instead of leaving her at the barn with the other kids, and she ended up tangled in the electric netting. I was in the barn when it happened, so was able to get there quickly after hearing her cries, but it appears the...

Last winter we were relatively new goat owners with four goats that seemed to fare fine on pasture, and only pasture, the entire year... including the winter. What we did (and I know not everyone will appreciate this method) is to tie-out one or two goats and let one (or two) free-range. We...