Goat escaped again. Help!

[Lrm93]

I have a goat that can literally escape any fence. I’ve put him in a goat pen, electric fence, woven wire. He will literally escape every fence. He keeps going to my neighbors and they are not happy. I’m afraid I’m going to have to rehome him before my neighbor gets mad and shoots him! Idk what to do. I thought for sure the electric fence would keep him in but he ran right through!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I'm sorry, I don't have any goats and don't know and specific goat keepers on the forum....

 

[AltonaAcres]

We have a trenched welded wire fence that is 5 feet tall. It has wooden posts. We have never had an escapee.

 

[AltonaAcres]

You can kind of see it in this photo. (This is Lyla the Nigerian Dwarf)

 

[sunrise.superman]

Is the goat going over or through (or even under I suppose) the fencing? I kept my Boer, Pygmy and Nigerians in for 15 years with 5 foot non-climb horse fence with a hot wire across the top. If they're going under, use the u-shaped stakes you can get at the feed store to secure the fence at the ground. If going over you can beef up a single or double strand of hot wire...I used a zapper I found on eBay for $20...15 acre+ charger on a 5 acre pasture. Not these pet zappers that don't pack a punch. Unless a hot wire is a good one goats will go right through...screaming their bloody heads off the entire time...but through they go. You can also add a PVC roller...works for the LGDs, too, but if a goat is CLIMBING over then PVC pipe laced onto a top wire around the pen will just spin as they're trying to get over. If flat jumping it without touching, you need higher fence.

Goats will test fencing like it's their job. Pretty much anything else I had would stay in just fine if my fencing kept the goats in.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Can you share a picture of your fencing? How high? Materials? What breed of goat?

 

[cassie]

Is this a single goat or does he have herdmates?

 

[Lrm93]

I’ll try to get a photo of the fence later. I have 5 strands of hot wire, first strand is about 5 inches off the ground, highest is about 5 feet. He gets out, gets blasted, then he’s afraid to go back in so I have to drag him. The panel fence I think he jumps over. So for last night I put him in my very large, steel chicken coop with a wooden door with a latch. Just went outside, he’s standing there looking at me. He got through the door . He’s escaping with one of my does. They work together ‍

 

[Lrm93]

Also, he’s a toggenburg and he was a bottle baby so he literally wants allllllll of the attention.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Also, he’s a toggenburg and he was a bottle baby so he literally wants allllllll of the attention.

Toggenburg are the worse for keeping confined. They can leap very high, and learn quickly to run through a fence. You may need to keep him somewhere secured. I had one that learned to jump a 5 foot gate, eat the chicken feed, than hop back over. We had to raise the boards to 10 feet to keep him in.