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premier one - perma-net plus 12/48/3 starter kid

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so i am seriously considering getting this kit. have any experience with this netting and charger? i think it will be worth it as i have tons of blackberries and at least this way they can munch on some. i dont think 100 feet is very long but figured try it first.
but im not sure about, i live on a hillside, my ground is really impossibly to dig in the summer and mucky/clay in the winter. would the charger be "hot" enough for nigerian dwarf goats?
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I use the Premier One perma-net for my ND does. It's quite effective for us, and we also have heavy clay soil and live on the side of a mountain :). I have my bucks fenced in by regular fence we built out of wood and woven wire, but honestly, the bucks I have are really docile even now, in rut. They might have been able to be kept in a similar enclosure but I didn't want to chance it. The charger is also very reliable.

In general my experience with them has been good. We also have their pig netting to move my sows around the forest. That way they get their fill of those sweet, sweet acorns. :ROFLMAO: Without being so long in one place that they damage things.

I think your plan of trying it first is a good call, because it is not cheap!
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do you have the same charger that they sell in a kid? it was like .6 joules or something like that, didnt seem like much?
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daisymay said:
do you have the same charger that they sell in a kid? it was like .6 joules or something like that, didnt seem like much?
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We're using a different one - I had to go out and look at it to remember exactly which model. We're using a Speedrite 1000 with a 12-volt battery. It's running ~900 of of fencing and needs changed out every week to ten days or so. I think we were concerned with not getting enough direct sunlight for the solar powered to work.

Is the .6 joule charger for 100 ft of fence at a maximum, or can it run more? If limited to 100ft that's probably plenty of juice.
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solar intellishock 60, .60 joule , stored .72. 10 watt solar , 12 v battery, up to 1/2 mile of 5-7 strand fence or 3/5 rolls or electric fence.
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Hey, I have identical soil conditions to you in N AR. I use that exact charger for rotating paddocks, along with a plug in electric for the perimeter (wide impedence, it hurts.) I also keep nigerians.

The intellishock 60 has been great for me for two years now. It's better in moist conditions, but that also means more grass growing faster and grounding it out. I haven't had anyone escape it yet. If the soil is super dry, I keep it to 1 or 2 lengths of 164' max. It works very well with 1 100' length, especially on the permanet since it has longer spikes. Even with much more weed pressure than I should allow it hits at 4k kv. I have double spike, which stands up better when the ground is wet. It's much more difficult to move in the summer when the ground turns hard, but doable if you're careful and have some patience. I made the mistake of leaving it inside the paddock once, and one of my bucks thought it would be convenient to climb up it and reach some honeysuckle. That damaged the solar panel, so just a word of caution. I use it like a regular battery charger now.

The most important thing is that it's only a psychological barrier, and you want to make sure it's always charged or the goats will get wise to it. You may have trouble if they ever figure out how it works, or that it's not as scary as they thought. They tip toe up to it all the time to check if it's on... haha. The worst thing that can happen is if it's off a goat will get tangled up in it. I had this happen early on with one of my buck kids, but luckily he had the sense to stop moving. If you get good sun it shouldn't be a problem as long as the panel holds out.

HTH
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