Goats keep getting their heads stuck

[ChickQueen77]

My goat keeps getting his head stuck in a fence panel that can't be more then a 4 inch square he is named Lightning and he has horns. Lightning fits his whole head and horns into a 4 inch square. I almost had to cut the wire to unstick him and I don't know how to keep him from getting stuck.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Unfortunately you can't use fence panels with horned goats. It will continue to stick its head through the fence. Either dehorn him, or put a smaller fence over the top so he can't stick his head through.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Ugh! I learned that the hard way years go with a nanny I had. When I had to cut her out of the field fencing during a hail storm, that was the end! Off to the sale barn with her and her kid!

 

[Callender Girl]

My Tessa has me well trained. She sticks her head through a panel or woven wire fence and YELLS at me until I come out and help her. I always wear gloves -- to protect me from the fence and her horns -- and have always been able to EVENTUALLY twist her head back through the way she came.

Tessa makes it harder because her impulse is to walk forward -- apparently she believes she can fit her entire self through the fence -- while I am pushing her backward.

Although I have been tempted -- because it would be much faster -- I have never yet had to damage a fence or Tessa. BTW, her nickname is short for "Contessa," reflecting her entitled behavior.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I saw this a while back:

FULL DISCLOSURE: I do not own goats myself and cannot personally verify whether or not it works.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Great idea! Careful doing this, those horns can do you an injury.