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Our sister site, HomesteadingToday.com, is hosting an AMA (ask me anything) with a fence pro from Bekaert Fencing on Monday, May 15. They will be answering questions about wire fence installation from the community. If you have any questions or comments about wire fencing, here's a link to the...

I'm new to electric fencing, and need to train my adult and baby goat to it. How old do the babies need to be. And are they're any tips and tricks.

Hello all! I am planning on getting some Nigerian dwarfs for milk. my question is, do I need to be worried about predators? we Have coyotes, bears, and eagles. and then jut things like mink and porcupines and the such. would these bother Nigerians? what kind of fencing do I need? Should I...

I have been exclusively using electric netting to contain my Nigerian Dwarfs so far (premium 48" poultry netting from Starkline, energized with a 1.2 joule energizer from Premier1). It's working great. My goats have stayed contained, and the neighborhood dogs avoid it like the plague now. That...

I am wanting to start rotational grazing my goats here some time soon. I am wanting to know how much fencing do i need for about 5-7 goats. I have 13 head total but i only want to graze about half at a time. There is about 2-1/2 acres they can graze but it can’t be permanently fenced off at the...

Hello! First time posting. I am so glad to have found this forum as I’m incredibly discouraged with our goat. We started with two bottle fed Alpine babies (first timers). We kept the goats in electronet fencing pretty successfully until they got spooked by a tractor and jumped it when they were...

Hello again everyone, We're having the paddock for our new farm built this week and I would love to get some feedback on it. It's going to determine the layout of our entire operation so I really want to get it right! 😅 Some quick info about this farm, we are going to be running a grazing...

Hi all, I have 5 acres, and 7 alpine goats (5 adults and 2 newborns). Currently they are housed in a new 1300 sq ft barn, and I have been delaying erecting the electric fence so they can get out to pasture. The property is laid out as 200' road frontage by 1100 feet long. There is a 40x60' area...

So, I have found a fence builder--yay! One step closer to actually having goats this year. We'll be buying the supplies in a few days. Has anyone ever used the Redbrand sheep and goat fencing with the 4" x 4" squares for Nigerians? We'll be adding a strand of electric at top and middle...

So I finally got my 3 -100’ rolls of premier one net fencing. I am currently using it to cut my garden in half so my goats can clear the other half. My question is: I only need 40’ so I have it wrapped all around my field randomly 60’. Is there a best practice to bunch it up, double it or just...

Hello! I am a chicken/pig/rabbit momma who was just "gifted" 2 goats born in January in a type of rescue situation! 2 boys (Outlaw is a pygmy/fainting and Bandit is mini Nigerian). I am terrified. Outlaw earned his name after he led me on a 2 hour chase through our neighborhood and ran out in...

This is more of a rant because without knowing what our fencing looks like, it's unlikely you can help. One of our baby nigerians, Penny, has all of a sudden started escaping. She is 7 months old, so not a tiny little thing. We aren't sure where or how she is getting out. The goat houses are up...

Fairly new to raising goats and would like some veterans opinions. Have a large pasture/wooded area/pond with way more than enough food for our small herd. It has an existing 4 strand barbed wire fence with a hot wire that we have used for cattle in the past. I want to put our goats out there...

I've been offered some fencing from a neighbor at a fairly low price and I wonder if it would be suitable for a backyard goat pen for a couple of Nigerian dwarf goats that don't have horns? It's 6 ft tall deer and orchard woven wire fencing. I don't know what the gauge is. Maybe it's complete...

Even though I will be waiting to get a buck until I have had some more experience, while we have our fence guys out we will be building the buck pen. I have some questions: What is the minimum pen size for two Nigerian bucks? Is five foot fence tall enough? And will hog wire and a stand off...

Hey guys! It’s been a while. Things came up and we kept getting delays on our barn building, but we seemed to have finally, finally gotten our act together and it should be built by mid or late July So now we are taking a serious look at fencing options. Specifically electric fence, but I...

Any thoughts on spacing metal T-poles about 4-5 feet apart and using woven wire between without high tension? Would that work, or is even a 4-5 span with a little slack going to be climb-able? Thoughts? We don't have goats yet and are simply planning.

I am currently exploring fencing options and i ran into a YouTuber that recommended the Timeless Fence by Plastic Innovations. He said that it was the best stuff he every used and he even kept bucks and does on either side of it and it kept them in. Do any of you use this or know anything...

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...

Would appreciate some help here - we are getting our first 3 NDs soon and we're working on getting their area put together. We are going to be using t-posts and panels from Tractor Supply...but there are a few to choose from... Combo Panel which graduates from 2-6" openings Cattle panel which...